Field Museum of Natural History facts for kids

The Field Museum of Natural History

The Field Museum of Natural History (or Field Museum) is in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. It is on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan. The museum has more than 21 million exhibits.

History

The museum was founded in 1893 and had used old exhibitions that were shown from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, including exhibits about trains.

The Field Museum has a large collection of dinosaur skeletons in the Evolving Planet exhibit. The human cultural anthropology exhibits have things from ancient Egypt, the Pacific Northwest, the Pacific Islands, and Tibet. The taxidermy collection has many large animals, including two African elephants and the Lions of Tsavo featured in the 1996 movie The Ghost and the Darkness.

The Ancient Americas exhibit has Native American artifacts. The museum also has Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton in the world.

Images for kids

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  Stanley Field, Field Museum President, 1906

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  North Hall, circa 1895

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  Stanley Field Hall in 2020

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  The Tsavo Maneaters on display in Mammals of Africa exhibit hall

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  Sue, the largest and most complete (90%) Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton yet discovered

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  Night view of the exterior of the museum

See also

In Spanish: Museo Field de Historia Natural para niños