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Field Museum

Founded in 1893 to display items from the World’s Columbian
Exposition, and renamed in 1905 to honor its first major benefactor,
Marshall Field, this vast museum offers fascinating insights into
global cultures and environments past and present. Home to all
sorts of cultural treasures, fossils, and artifacts, as well as to
myriad interactive exhibits, make no bones about it: this natural
history museum is one of the best in the country.
Sue 1
A Tyrannosaurus
rex (right), 13-ft (4-m)
high by 42-ft (12.8-m)
long – the largest,
most complete, and best
preserved ever found.
Her real 600-lb (272-kg)
skull is on view nearby.
Crown Family
2
PlayLab
Six themed areas, from
a scientist’s lab to a
dinosaur dig, are full of
things for kids to discover.

Grainger Hall of Gems
3
Fiber-optic lighting magically illuminates over
500 glittering gems, precious stones, and minerals.
Even though it’s a replica, the star of the show is the
breathtaking Hope Diamond (left).
NEED TO KNOW • Two free trolley ser vices typically enter on the
link the Field, the Shedd south, where buses,
MAP L6 • 1400 S. Lake
Shore Dr. • Metra station: (see pp28–9), and the Art trolleys, and cabs drop off.
Roosevelt Rd. Institute (see pp16–17) A third (first level) west
• 312-922-9410 with the nearest Metra entrance is suitable for
• www.fieldmuseum.org and CTA stations and wheelchair access. If you
downtown. visit on a weekday, it’s
Open 9am–5pm daily • Have a museum-related worth asking staff about
Adm: adults $22, children question? Look out for the museum’s Free
(3–11) $15, seniors and attendants carrying a big Highlights Tours, which
students with ID $19 • DA “Ask Me” sign. take place twice daily. And
don’t forget to look for
• Grab a bite to eat under Museum Guide information on the day’s
the watchful gaze of The main entrance is special events, tours,
dinosaur Sue at the Corner located on the museum’s and activities, posted
Bakery (main level). north side, though visitors throughout the building.

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