The new fossil hall opens June 8, 2019.

The 66-million-year-old bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex arrived today at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, where preparations are now underway to create a dinosaur and fossil hall.

The arrival of the Wankel T. rex to the National Museum of Natural History may be delayed because Congress hates cool dinosaur bones, I guess.

Today the Smithsonian announced that conservative billionaire David Koch had donated $35 million for a new Dinosaur Hall in the National Museum of Natural History.

DCist reader Jim Reisinger emailed this morning about an interesting sight he stumbled upon during their commute this morning. “I saw this giant triceratops on the back of a truck on my way to work at the intersection of Harvard and 16th Streets. Any thoughts on what they are using it for?”