Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiDifferent tribal clothing of some of the Native American tribes on display in the Great Lakes exhibit at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe now famous African elephants in the main hall of the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiPottery from Chaco Canyon in New Mexico (950-1100 AD) at the Field Museum's Ancient America permanent exhibit.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe often touched nose of one of Carl E. Akeley's (1864-1926) Lion Spearing: Charging Lions in bronze on the lower level of the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA 154 carat peridot pendant in the Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiIn 2000 Sue, the T.rex was unveiled at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe Lions of Tsavo are a longtime attraction at the Field Museum. In 1898 these two lions were responsible for killing several railroad workers building a bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya, Africa.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe tusks of one of the large African elephants on the main floor of the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe Bunky Echo Hawk exhibit at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhai10-year-old Joey Rauwerta (below) and his grandfather, Peter Tigchelaar, examine Bushman, the famous lowland gorilla who was one of Lincoln Park Zoo's greatest attractions for over 20 years.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA snow leopard diorama at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiNeed a plastic dinosaur? The Mold-A-Rama will create one while you wait.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA suspended cheetah in the Machine Inside: BioMechanics exhibit at the Field Museum,
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA pterodactyl hangs above the main hall at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe Field Museum, one of Chicago's biggest attractions.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiIn 2000 Sue, the T.rex was unveiled at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiBlue topaz in the Grainger Hall of Gems at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA mother and child study a dinosaur display at the Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiThe Lions of Tsavo, a longtime attraction at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA child studies a stegosaurus at the Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiA suspended cheetah in the Machine Inside: BioMechanics exhibit at the Field Museum.
Phil Velasquez / baiduhaiIn 2000 Sue, the T.rex was unveiled at the Field Museum.
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Different tribal clothing of some of the Native American tribes on display in the Great Lakes exhibit at the Field Museum.
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The Field Museum of Natural History has received a $3 million gift from the Chicago-based Boeing Company, the museum announced Wednesday. The money will go to the museum’s Action Center, which promotes conservation along the Amazon River, in the eastern Andes and in the Chicago area.