The Field Museum

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The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr (at McFetridge Dr)
Printers Row/South Loop, Chicago | Map

312-922-9410

El: Orange, Green, Red to Roosevelt. Bus: 12, 130, 146 | Directions

http://www.fieldmuseum.org

Description
Founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, this massive museum of natural history still packs ’em in with more than 30 permanent exhibitions covering more than 300,000 square feet. Inside the permanent displays, you can get glared at by glowering dinos, marvel at ancient artifacts from a royal Egyptian tomb, undergo a lesson in cannibalism in the “Pacific Spirits” gallery or take a stroll through the Halls of Gems and Jade. Buzzworthy permanent exhibitions have made the Field their home in the last few years: “Ancient Americas” explores 30,000 years of history in North, South and Central America, and the glass-fronted “DNA Discovery Center” shows scientists at work tracking animal gene-sequences in order to protect the Earth’s biodiversity.

Hours

Mon-Sun 9 am-5 pm.
Upcoming
- “The Nature of Diamonds.”
- Today, Tomorrow, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu Ongoing
- Grainger Hall of Gems.
- Today, Tomorrow, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu Ongoing
- Dozin' with the Dinos
- Today, Nov 27
- Family Field Day: The Secrets of Collections The Mummy's Amulets
- Tomorrow
- Family Field Day
- Tomorrow, Dec 19, Jan 16 2010, Feb 20 2010, Mar 20 2010, Apr 17 2010
- Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis
- Dec 5
- “Ancient Americas.”
- Today, Tomorrow, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu Ongoing
- “DNA Discovery Center.”
- Today, Tomorrow, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu Ongoing
- Ernst & Young 3D Movie Theater
- Today, Tomorrow, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu Ongoing
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