You and 5 friends will get an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the dinosaur fossil collections held by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the special exhibit T.rex: the Ultimate Predator with Bolortsetseg Minjin, PhD. Dr. Bolortsetseg is a Mongolian paleontologist, AMNH Research Associate, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, and WINGS WorldQuest Fellow.

Dr. Bolortsetseg will share her experiences working with AMNH expeditions to Mongolia and the fossils they collected. During your visit of the special exhibit T.rex: the Ultimate Predator, you will learn about the latest discoveries concerning T. rex as well as its close relative from Mongolia, Tarbosaurus bataar.

Your tour will last approximately 2 hours and will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time on a Thursday or Friday from October 2019 through April 2020. Tours cannot be scheduled on holidays.

Dr. Bolortsetseg is the founder of the Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs, which has launched expeditions that have discovered numerous fossil species, has sponsored and trained Mongolian graduate students, and has inspired children in the remote Gobi Desert through on-site educational programs.

In 2012 she played a pivotal role in stopping the sale of an illegally collected skeleton of Tyrannosaur baatar from Mongolia, and coordinated the repatriation and shipment of this unique specimen. This eventually led to the discovery of vast network of fossil poaching in Mongolia and the recovery of many more specimens.

In 2012 she returned to Mongolia to help establish the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs where the Tyrannosaurus baatar specimen was displayed and welcomed home with great excitement. In 2013, she was awarded a Polar Star by the Mongolian Government for her efforts to protect the fossil heritage of Mongolia.