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  2. Field Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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    September 5, 1975. The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [4] The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, [5][6] and its extensive scientific specimen and ...

  3. Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Designated. November 1, 1995. The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's ...

  4. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Max Nordeen's Wheels Museum, Woodhull [ 83][ 84] McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, closed in 2009. Motorola Museum of Electronics, Schaumburg [ 85][ 86] Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, closed in 2009. Museum of Holography, Chicago [ 87] National Museum of Surveying, Springfield, closed in 2013.

  5. Blood Appétit: To spotlight its new exhibition, Field Museum ...

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    CHICAGO -- As cooking ingredients go, blood does not come to mind first for many people. A new limited-time collaboration between the Field Museum and eight Chicago restaurants, including Frontier ...

  6. Big Beaver Totem Pole - Wikipedia

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    41.86721°N 87.61705°W. / 41.86721; -87.61705. Big Beaver Totem Pole[ 1] (also known as Story of Big Beaver, [ 2] or simply Big Beaver) [ 3][ 4] is a 55-foot (16.8-meter) tall outdoor totem pole sculpture by Norman Tait, of the Nisga'a people of British Columbia, located in front of the north entrance to the Field Museum of Natural History in ...

  7. List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop; the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium in the Near ...

  8. Dan and Ada Rice - Wikipedia

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    Daniel F. Rice (1896–1975) and his wife Ada L. Rice (1898–1977) were American business people, thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders, and philanthropists. Dan Rice was educated in the public school system of Chicago, Illinois and spent two years at Depaul University and the University of Notre Dame. [1][2] In 1919, he founded his own ...

  9. Thorne miniature rooms - Wikipedia

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    The rooms were gifted to the museum in 1941, and put on permanent display in 1954. [4] [5] The Art Institute of Chicago's rooms are among the museum's most popular permanent collections. [5] The Knoxville Museum of Art is home to 9 of the remaining rooms, while The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Kaye Miniature Museum in Los Angeles ...