Chicago Field Museum is a world-class institution, but it almost never existed. Learn the story behind this iconic attraction, plus details on visiting today.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists at the Field Museum of Natural History are peeling back the wrappings of several Egyptian mummies—without disrupting their eternal slumber.

The Field Museum stands ... one of the world’s premier natural history museums, housing over 40 million artifacts and ...

Levels below Sue the T. rex and natural history exhibits of all kinds, jars of preserved frogs and salamanders line the shelves of the Field Museum’s collections. As climate change and the loss ...

THE Field Museum of Natural History, one of the most progressive ... Part of the success was due to the influx of visitors to Chicago for the Century of Progress Exposition, for the museum ...

Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History has given researchers the opportunity to learn more about the ancient individuals inside mummies, without needing to disturb their delicate wrapping.

This fossil is one of many that was found just 50 miles south of Chicago. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Share Two stories down in the catacombs of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jack Wittry slides ...

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