The Field Museum, World's most complete T. rex skeleton

1400 S Lake Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60603
The Natural History Museum is very large
4.4

Introduction

The Field Museum, founded in 1906, has over 21 million specimens including beetles, mummies, primates, and gems. It is also home to the largest and most complete dinosaur fossil, "Sue," which is over 67 million years old. The museum has multiple galleries including the Egyptian Tomb exhibit, Native North America exhibit, and Ancient Americas exhibit. The Egyptian exhibit houses over 5,000 years of hieroglyphics and 23 mummies, while the Jade gallery showcases the largest collection of Chinese jade in North America. The Gems gallery displays the world's largest blue and yellow diamond, and the Evolving Planet exhibit features the only known specimen of a "predator dinosaur" species. Additionally, the Field Museum displays a specimen of the Tsavo Man-Eaters, two lions that killed 135 people during the construction of the Kenya-Uganda Railway in 1898.

Must-go rating

Must go
50%
Worth going
50%

Transportation

50%
Self-driving
Park by the roadside
50%
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Address
1400 S Lake Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60603
Opening hours
Open all year round from 9:00am to 5:00pm (last entry at 4:00pm
closed on Christmas Day).
Transportation
Get off at Adams/Wabash station for Elevated Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple lines.