Famous for its dinosaur exhibits—especially Sue the T. rex—the museum is packed with kid friendly exhibits. Children can dig for fossils, explore ancient cultures, and learn about wildlife from all over the world. With so many engaging exhibits, the Field Museum is one of the top kid-...
CHICAGO, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History announced Wednesday that it will become home to world's largest dinosaur and the museum put it in the main hall next year where world's famous dinosaur fossil nicknamed Sue now stands. In celebration of the museum's ...
Located in the same lakeshore Museum Campus as the Field Museum, the John G. Shedd Aquarium is home to more than 1,500 species of sea life, including 32,500 fish, as well as an array of birds, insects and amphibians. Completed in 1930, the aquarium gets more than two million visitors ...
The dinosaur's humerus and fibula will be taken to the University of Illinois at Chicago where they will be CT scanned. "The CT scans will let us look inside SUE's bones and see cellular details that could be clues as to what happened to them," says Bill Simpson, the head of the mu...
CHICAGO (CBS) --The Field Museum is getting a huge new house guest, who will be moving into SUE the T-Rex's old room. Wednesday morning, crews began installing the new titanosaur skeleton cast of "Maximo," the largest dinosaur ever unearthed. ...
The top floor alone is worth the entry fees, the history of the planet is shown in incredible detail and you get to see exhibits from all over the world, including a dinosaur named Sue. Four hours seems a long time to spend in a museum but you could easily spend all day and ...
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The hallowed 119-year-old natural history museum is known for its Ancient Egypt collection, mammal dioramas and dinosaur displays – including the world's best-preserved T. Rex skeleton, "Sue". The newest exhibition features what staffers actually do in the 21st century in their conservation ef...
The Field Museum is a must-see destination while you’re here in Chicago. Where else can you meet Máximo the Titanosaur, the largest dinosaur ever discovered; experience SUE, the most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered; descend into an ancient Egyptian tomb, and explo...
Meet a dinosaur at the Field Museum of Natural History. The Field Museum is one of the largest natural history museums in the world, and its permanent collection includes a number of fossils and the remains of Sue, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Sue is estimated to be 67 million years old and ...