Other Exhibits at The Field

This is another limited time exhibit that I saw at The Field. It was The Ancient Americas and was very infomative and really cool. It had room after room (19,000 square feet to be exact) that explored the ancient civilizations of the Aztecs, the Mayans, Incas, and dozens of other Native Americans from the Arctic to the tip of South America. It displayed how individual cultures developed their farming, religion, and leadership; how great empires rose and fell, and it did so with a very satisfying combination of interactive exhibits, posted information, and impressive artifacts. I'm so glad I made it through this whole exhibit before the museum closed!



I also had the chance to check out some of the permanent exhibits at The Field and I have to say that this museum had the most comprehensive collection of Native American artifacts I have ever seen. There was case after case of traditional Native American art, clothing, and every-day objects. Moccasins to todem poles, seal slickers to spears, canoes to cradleboards, the Field Museum had artifacts of indigenous peoples from the Florida Seminoles, through the plains to the Cheyenne and Sioux territories, all the way to Tlingit and Eskimo tribes of the Northwest Coast. I hope I can go back sometime soon.


This last photo is one I absolutely had to include. This is one of the rare exhibits that define a city; it's an icon that people recognize and immediately associate with Chicago. It's like what Lucy and that Sabre-Toothed Cat at the La Brea Tar Pits is for LA. This, is Sue. She is the largest, best preserved, most complete T. Rex skeleton ever found...anywhere. She stands 13 feet high and is 43 feet long. She was found in 1990 near Faith, South Dakota by an archaeologist named Sue Hendrickson and was sold to the Field Museum in a New York auction for $8.4 Million dollars, the most money ever paid for a fossil. She's a superstar....

Check out the website, it'll make you want to visit! www.fieldmuseum.org