Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.
- Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.
The Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc. (BHI) is a private corporation specializing in the excavation and preparation of fossils, as well as the sale of both original fossil material and museum-quality replicas. Founded in 1974 and based in Hill City, South Dakota, the company is most famous for excavating and selling some of the most complete specimens of "Tyrannosaurus rex", including "Sue" and "." [cite web |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2327831.ece|title= Dino hunter with a digger hits big time |accessdate=2008-02-22|last=Allen Mills|first= Tony|year= 2007|month= Aug 26|format= |work= The Sunday Times|] In 1992, the remains of "Sue" were seized from the BHI by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and were auctioned off five years later to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois for over US$8 million — the highest price ever paid for a fossil. [cite web |url= http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/index.html|title= All About Sue: the largest, most complete, best preserved "T. Rex"| accessdate=2008-02-22 |format= |work= ]
BHI owners founded the Black Hills Museum of Natural History in Hill City in March, 1992, a non-profit paleontological museum which is controlled by an independent Board of Directors.
References
External links
* [http://www.bhigr.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.bhmnh.org/ Black Hills Museum of Natural History website]
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