The first ‘real’ Tyrannosaurus rex to be exhibited in England for more than a century will go on show in Nottingham on Sunday. The skeleton of Titus, discovered in the US state of Montana in 2018, will make its world debut at the Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum as part of a new exhibition on the dinosaur’s life and environment. Titus: T rex is King will enable visitors to follow the fossil’s journey from its discovery in the Montana Badlands, through its excavation, curation, examination, rebuilding and final revelation. “Coming face to face with an actual T rex is an experience very few in the world can claim,” said Rachael Evans, the museums development manager at Nottingham City Museums. “Even in skeleton form, Titus’ power and presence is unmistakable. We have had to dedicate the largest room at Wollaton Hall just to him alone.” The four-metre (13ft) tall and 11-metre long skeleton has not been on display to the public before. The fossil was around 20% complete once fully conserved, so although it is a ‘real’ skeleton, many of the bones are reconstructions made of black obsidian. A complete T rex skeleton has never been found, and most dinosaur skeletons on display in exhibitions are casts of the real bones. The exhibition, which received funding from Arts Council England, aims to dispel some myths about the dinosaur, which roamed the earth more than 66m years ago. Dr David Hone, a palaeontologist and senior lecturer in zoology at Queen Mary University of London, was part of the team tasked with bringing Titus to life. “Titus is an incredibly well-preserved specimen with important and unique pathologies that advance the science of palaeontology and our understanding of these iconic dinosaurs,” he said. Visitors would be able to take a close look at the specimen’s features “and try to decide if in fact he was covered in scales or feathers or both”, he said. A study published in April estimated that 2.5 billion T rex walked the Earth over 127,000 generations for between 1.2m and 3.6m years. About 100 or so T rex fossils have been found. Wollaton Hall has an international reputation for rare dinosaur exhibits, and in 2017 ran a Dinosaurs of China exhibition with a selection of fossils that had never been seen outside Asia before. Titus: T rex is King runs at the Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum until August 2022