Kirk Johnson, Sant Director, National Museum of Natural History

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Kirk Johnson, Sant Director, National Museum of Natural History

The federal government is the biggest buyer in the world. Some items are harder to come by than others. A T-Rex dinosaur skeleton just arrived at the Smithsonian's...

Federal News Network Staff

April 18, 2014 9:46 am

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The federal government is the biggest buyer in the world. Some items are harder to come by than others. A T-Rex dinosaur skeleton just arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The purchase is a case study in government acquisition. It will be a centerpiece of the museum’s new dinosaur hall in 2019. Sant Director Kirk Johnson told Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp how the museum acquired the skeleton from the Army Corps of Engineers.