Best Museums Chicago
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1. Field Museum
The museum collections contain over 21 million specimens
Exhibits
Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus currently known.
A comprehensive set of human cultural anthropology exhibits, including artifacts from ancient Egypt, the Pacific Northwest and Tibet.
A large and diverse taxidermy collection, featuring many large animals, including two prized African elephants and the infamous Lions of Tsavo.
A large collection of dinosaurs in the Evolving Planet exhibit (formerly Life Over Time).
A large collection of Native American artifacts. The main exhibit with these artifacts reopened as Ancient Americas in March 2007.
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2. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago was the first planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence today.The Adler has three full-size theaters. Since the museum's opening in 1930, visitors view representations of the night sky in the historic Sky Theater planetarium, the outer protective dome of which is visible from the exterior of the building. The Zeiss Planetarium projector is capable of accurately reproducing the movement of every aspect of the night sky.
