Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan, the Field Museum in Chicago has stood in its current location since 1921. While its collection began with items from the 1893 World’s Fair, the Field Museum continues to reexamine and promote underrepresented cultures with it exhibits. Now, its collection expands to more than 40 million artifacts and specimens that range from taxidermies of a gorilla, Egyptian sarcophagi and the skeletal remains of a titanosaur. Spread across two floors, the Field Museum offers countless opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment.
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The columned museum exterior is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A view of Lake Michigan is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Two tourists stand by the museum's exterior. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The Field Museum front steps are pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A miniature set depicting the mummification process is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A sarcophagus is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A preserved mummy is on display with jewelry adornments in the fore. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A scene from Egyptian mythology is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A mummy is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A copy of the Egyptian Book of the Dead is on display. The Book takes origin from the supposedly sacred but definitely privileged words carved into the tombs of the early-dynasty Egyptian royalty. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The interior of the Field Museum's main hall in pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Two sculptures of elephants are pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The Titanosaurus skeleton stands inside Field Museum. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The Field Museum houses one of the very few replicas made of the Aztec sun stone. The original is held on display at Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Inuit wooden masks are pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The Field Museum's exhibits include sculptures. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A model of the city of Monte Albán is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
An Aztec deity in stone is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Miniature Aztec masks are on display. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
These totem poles would have been found in the houses of Native Americans and used to recount visual narratives or family histories. Photographed by Gavin Meichelbock/BruinLife.
A survey of the Hawaiian islands is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A Marshallese boat is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A taxidermy dog appears in the Inuit exhibit. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Bushman the gorilla is preserved as a taxidermy. This exhibit has been on display since 1951. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The Field Museum houses exhibits on natural history. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The preserved body of one of the man-eating lions of Tsavo responsible for the death of at least 28 people in 19th-century Kenya is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A monocled harry is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
A serval on display. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Su Lin stares you down with his red panda friend. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
The red-crested pochard (left) and the mandarin duck (right) sport their breeding plumage. Photographed by Gavin Meichelbock/BruinLife.
The daddy emperor (left) and king penguins (right) keep their eggs warm by incubating them on their feet. Photographed by Gavin Meichelbock/BruinLife.
Boars head deli is pictured. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
Anteaters march against the termite mound. Photographed by Finn Martin/BruinLife.
