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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 Campus - Wikipedia

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    Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago facing Lake Michigan in Grant Park. It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History. It is adjacent to Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and ...

  4. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [ 1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...

  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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    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 Chicago, Illinois.

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

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    The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small. 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 ...

  8. Olmec Head, Number 8 - Wikipedia

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    Olmec Head, Number 8 is a 7-foot (2.1-meter) tall outdoor colossal head sculpture on the east side of the north entrance to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, that was created by Mexican sculptor Ignacio Pérez Solano (b. 1931) and installed in 2000. It is one of several reproductions of San Lorenzo Colossal Head 8, which ...

  9. Marshall Field's - Wikipedia

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    Frederick & Nelson. Halle Bros. Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's, Inc, acquired it in 2005. Its founder, Marshall Field, was a pioneering retail magnate.

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