Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Field Museum is named after Marshall Field and is a popular attraction for tourists and local residents.
The Field Museum
The Field Museum
Daily 9am–5pm. No entry after 4pm.
$15, seniors and students $12, kids ages 3–11 $10. Discounts for Chicago residents.Founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, this massive natural history museum still packs ’em in with more than 30 permanent exhibitions covering 300,000 square feet. Inside the permanent displays, you can see 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 newly rehabbed Halls of Gems and Jade.
Also on at this venue
"Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence."
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Today, Tomorrow, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26, Mon 27. Through Sep 8.
"Living with Wolves."
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Today, Tomorrow, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26, Mon 27. Through Jul 7.
"Fashion and the Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto."
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Today, Tomorrow, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26, Mon 27. Through Jun 30.
"Scenes from the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux."
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Today, Tomorrow, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26, Mon 27. Through Sep 8.
"Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom."
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Jun 7–Nov 30
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