Opening day at Field Museum, with crowds coming from the train station, 1921. Photo courtesy of Field Museum
The Field Museum of Chicago, one of Chicago's
cultural icons, is home to 21 million objects in the Museum's
cultural, archeological, botanical, zoological and geological
collections. The museum hosts 1.5 million visitors annually,
and makes significant contributions to Chicago and Illinois
Originally submitted by: Danny K. Davis, Representative (7th District).
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