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Field Museum – an Introduction
The Field Museum is a popular museum of natural history in U.S. Situated on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Field Museum works towards preservation and exhibition of objects on art, history, archaeology and science. Also known as the Field Museum of Natural History, this U.S. museum was initially founded with anthropological and biological objects assembled for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Currently, the Field Museum showcases a number of other exhibits some popular of which can be named as Sue – the largest as well as the most complete Tyrannosaurus, extensive collection of human cultural anthropology exhibits, a wide range of taxidermy collection, a wide collection of dinosaurs, and an extensive collection of Native American artifacts.
Visiting Field Museum
There are a number of permanent exhibits in Field Museum that you will love to explore as a visitor. The exhibits like Nature Walk, Mammals of Africa, Mammals of Asia as well as a few more others display various animal specimens. In Grainger Hall of Gems, you can see a huge collection of diamonds and other gems of all parts of the world. Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass window is also a thing of importance. For Chinese Jade artifacts of 8,000 years old, you need to visit the Hall of Jades.
The Underground Adventure is another popular attraction in this U.S. museum. It provides you an amazing opportunity to see what insects and soil look like from that size. You can also learn more about the biodiversity of soil as well as the importance of healthy soil.
In Inside Ancient Egypt, you can get a glimpse of ancient Egyptians’ life. You can see 23 human mummies and several mummified animals. You can also find a tomb with 5,000 year old hieroglyphs.
In Evolving Planet, you can see the history as well as the evolution of life on Earth. To see some of the greatest collections of dinosaurs from every era, you need to go to the dinosaur hall.
Field Museum Chicago offers a unique opportunity to go on a ride through 13,000 years of human ingenuity and achievement in Western Hemisphere. For watching various animals including tigers and even man-eating Lions of Tsavo, you need to go to Dioramas.
Field Museum is also the home to a number of laboratories that the visitors can pay a visit to. Visit the laboratories like DNA Discovery Center, McDonald’s Fossil Prep Lab, and The Regenstein Laboratory etc.
Opening Hours
Daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Last admission: at 4 p.m.
Closed: Christmas Day
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