Like: beautiful museum; great exhibits; exhibits are up close and personal (you feel like you are walking with the dinosaurs); learned a lot; inexpensive
Dislike: I hate that I'm not there now!
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its ok
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 05/26/08
the building itself is very impressive, its beautiful, but the displays seemed not taken care of, they could defaintly do alot more with it. It was acutally kinda boring and lacked excitment.
I only had two full days in Chicago and I really didn't want to spend my time in museuems. I decided to go here when I found out that the Lions of Tsavo were here. I got there right when it opened and I was the only person in the whole wing where the lions were, which made it somewhat creepy. The museum was amazing and even though I kept trying ...
Maybe its because im not really that into history and stuff of that nature, but i was a little dissapointed....was expecting way more, so maybe thats why.....that life size fossil of the T-Rex Sue was insane, loved that...and all the dinosaur displays.......maybe my expectations were too high or something....great place to take the family and kids though.
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Some good, some bad.
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 11/15/07
The Field Museum is pretty interesting.
My parents, boyfriend and myself all visited over the summer and we had an okay time. It was well worth the price of admission. I was most interested in the Mummy exibit. (And of course Sue!) These exibits were alot of fun! They have loads of mummies and little models of how the process was done. Africa ...
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grand place
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/24/07
large place with many atracktions like sue a giant t-rex. and the lions that killed hunderds.
I whould go Wheles,
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Too big and noisy
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/02/07
This can be a nice museum, depending on how much time you have. This museum is HUGE. It can be exhausting looking at everything here. If you are one of these people who likes to read about what you are seeing in the exhibits, you might want to make this a two day trip. It takes forever justing LOOKING at the exhibits. The other bad thing about ...
For anyone who has ever visited the American Museum of Natural History and is afraid the Field just won't live up to its east coast counterpart, fear not. The Field Museum, though smaller, certainly does not leave you disappointed. The Field has a great atmosphere with great exhibits and a surprisingly modern feel. It also is conveniently ...
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By A Yahoo! Contributor, 08/06/07
I agree with most that there are plenty of excellent exhibits. However, they close pretty early (5:00) so plan accordingly. Most of the museums in Chicago could use some longer hours in the summer.
I've lived in Chicago my entire life and I can't understand why the Field Museum didn't get the highest rating. It is our grand jewel and a treasure. No visit to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Field Museum.