Jessica Portner

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Hunter the T. rex puppet outside in Exposition Park's Rose Garden
Naturalist

Encounter Our Mighty Friendly Dino

Meet Hunter, our large-scale T. rex puppet.
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Children standing around the Paleo Play Zone, a counter with imitation sand and fossils, with mounted taxidermy up high on the wall in the background

Paleo Play Zone

There’s something new to see in the Discovery Center!
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Orchard spider Spider Pavilion

Spiders in the House

Awe-inspiring or awfully scary? NHM’s arachnid educators are standing by in our seasonal exhibit, the Spider Pavilion, ready to unspool the truths about these web spinners with tangled reputations.
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