Joel Bartsch: Detailed Touring Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Detailed Touring Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton

A native Texan and longtime Houston resident, Joel Bartsch is an experienced museum professional and executive. Joel A. Bartsch draws on nearly two decades of experience to serve as president and CEO of the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS).

The largest and most complete apex predator skeleton globally, Victoria (a female Tyrannosaurus rex), has arrived at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS). She is the world's most complete tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, discovered in September 2019. The brand-new, cutting-edge display will take visitors 66 million years back in time to the Cretaceous era, Victoria's birthplace.

The exhibition, which was put together by IMG in collaboration with specimen owners Aber and Megan Whitcomb, is available to people of all ages and covers every aspect of Victoria's life and death, including the unique battle scars that may have contributed to her death and her role as a mother. The exhibition utilizes the latest scientific findings to produce an educational and emotional experience unlike any other, with Victoria's stunning, immaculately kept skeleton as the focal point. Admissions are included in permanent tickets.

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About Joel Bartsch

Since 2004, Joel A. Bartsch has led the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) as president and CEO. In this capacity, he coordinates and leads museum staff and curators in the creation and maintenance of immersive exhibits, implements renovation strategies, and promoting museum-wide leadership. Through these efforts and many others, Joel A. Bartsch has nearly doubled both the institution’s annual attendance and membership base. He also oversaw two major expansions at the museum that added more than 250,000 square feet of space.

Mr. Bartsch began gaining experience in museum leadership more than three decades ago, when he joined the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum as a curatorial assistant and assistant to the director. He held this role during his last years as a mining engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. From there, Mr. Bartsch took on staff roles at the Texas Memorial Museum and HMNS, curator of earth sciences at Lyman House Memorial Museum in Hawaii, and director and curator of the California State Mining & Mineral Museum.

Through these positions, Joel Bartsch gained extensive experience in everything from managing daily operations and directing fundraising efforts to writing corporate grant requests. He drew on this experience when he returned to HMNS as a curator, project manager, and director of earth sciences, the positions he held immediately prior to his current role as the president and CEO.