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| chicago, illinois | |
| museums in chicago | |
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The Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Illinois , USA , sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan , part of a scenic complex known as Museum Campus Chicago . The architecture of this building typifies the style initiated by the World's Columbian Exposition of the 1890s . It was named the Columbian Museum of Chicago in September 16, 1893, but renamed after Marshall Field , a donor, in 1905. The museum was originally housed in the structure now occupied by the Museum Of Science And Industry . The current location is a building that opened in 1921 . For some years in the 1950s and 1960s it was officially known as the "Chicago Natural History Museum", but eventually the still-popular name "Field Museum" was restored. The , Zoology , Botany , and Geology . Some prized exhibits at The Field Museum include:
SUE THE DINOSAUR fossil skeleton currently known.]] On May 17 , 2000 the Field Museum unveiled ''Sue'', the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil yet discovered. Sue is 45 feet long, stands 13 feet high at the hips and is 67 million years old. The fossil was named Sue after the Paleontologist who found it — Sue Hendrickson . Sue is a permanent feature at the Field Museum. Sue's body is located on the main floor in the Stanley Field Hall. Her head was too heavy to be mounted on the rest of the body, so it is located on a second floor balcony. There is no additional charge to see the exhibit. |
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