The Dinosaurs of Hell Creek exhibit has just begun a six-month run at the Sioux City Public Museum.
Dinosaurs of Hell Creek came to fruition as the work of two local dinosaur hunters, Darren Maurer and Brian Buckmeier, over many years.
The Hell Creek Formation is in South Dakota. The two Siouxland men found fossils of a Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and even a Dakotaraptor that are in the exhibit.
The exhibit went on display at the Sioux City Public Museum on February 1, where it will be open for people to see through August 3.
For this episode, we hear from dinosaur fossil hunters Maurer and Buckmeier, plus Theresa Weaver, who is Curator of Education at the Sioux City Public Museum.
They talk about the huge turnout that has come in the opening days of the exhibit, plus their initial dinosaur find in South Dakota in the 1990s that might have better with crying, and why western South Dakota is the spot for so many dinosaur remains.
"It is like hunting for treasure, you never know what you are going to find," Buckmeier said.
The exhibit covers 2,000 square feet, with about 80 percent of the items being dinosaur bones. The Dakotaraptor was first discovered about 20 years ago, and Maurer and Buckmeier found theirs about 10 years ago.
Said Weaver, "People of all ages love dinosaurs... It is truly a gift for people to come see this."
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