1. Museum of the Rockies T-Rex 
  
  
Located  in Bozeman,  Montana, the Museum of the Rockies hosts an impressive  dinosaur fossil  collection, found in the mountains of Montana from the  Jurassic and  Cretaceous periods. Jack Horner, a paleontologist and  curator who  served as the science advisor for the Jurassic Park films,  leads the  area dinosaur digs and restoration process at the museum. The  exhibit  has on display a T-Rex, Triceratops, and Deinonychus, among  others. 
    2. Natural Museum of Los Angeles County  Saber-Toothed Tiger 
 
Currently,  the Natural Museum of Los Angeles County hosts a  well-regarded dinosaur  collection, but it will soon expand its exhibit  when its Dinosaur Hall  opens this coming summer. According to a  Business Wire article, the new  Hall will make the Los Angeles museum a  world leader in dinosaur  exhibits, featuring over 300 fossils and 20  full-body specimens. The  museum endeavors to make the public more aware  of the process of  excavation and preparation, as well as to shed light  on how dinosaurs  lived, by way of interactive media. Especially  notable is its T-Rex  adult, Thomas, one of the most complete specimens  on the planet. 
3. Cincinnati Museum Center A  View From The Front 
 
Although  only on display until January, Cincinnati Museum Center  debuted an  awe-inspiring collection of dinosaur fossils found in the  north-central  region of China by Chinese paleontologists in 2006. The  most exciting  part of the exhibit is a rare nest of fossilized dinosaur  eggs. 
4. Utah Museum of Natural  History Dinosaur Exhibit 
 
UMNH  has a wonderfully diverse range of dinosaur specimens, mostly from  the  Late Jurassic period. Many of its fossils were found in the  Cleveland  Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Emery County, Utah, which possesses  the densest  concentration of Jurassic fossils in the world. The latest  additions to  its stunning collection are two new species of  iguanadonts—a Hippodraco  and an Iguanacolossus. Iguanadonts are large,  beaked, herbivorous  dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period. The skull of  the Hippodraco will  be on display at UMNH early next year. 
5. Smithsonian Institution  National Museum of Natural History 
 
The  Smithsonian is the veritable granddaddy of American dinosaur  exhibits.  It dinosaur collection was begun way back in the 1850s. Some  of the  museum's more interesting and complete dinosaur fossils are its   Triceratops, which was for a long time one of the most complete fossils   of its kind in the world, its tyrannosaur Gorgosaurus, and a saurapod,   Diplodocus. 
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