{"id":25964,"date":"2017-12-20T17:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T22:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/um-chicago-stage.ytsys.net\/?page_id=25964"},"modified":"2019-08-23T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T18:21:58","slug":"the-field-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/south-loop\/attractions-in-south-loop\/the-field-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Field Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1506627684854{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 45px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; icons_position=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25965&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;About The Field Museum&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1559729514560{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-color: #0094c3 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of Chicago\u2019s famous museum campus, The Field Museum is one of the city\u2019s most popular destinations. In what started as an outcrop of the 1893 World\u2019s Fair, the museum is home not only to a few of the world\u2019s premier curatorial exhibits, but also much of Chicago\u2019s own history. You may, for example, recognize the skeleton of Sue the T-Rex, or even the infamous Cannibal Forks \u2013\u00a0both of which have been on display in the museum for years. 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Lake Shore Drive<br \/>\nChicago, IL 60605<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hours of Operation:<\/strong><br \/>\n9am &#8211; 5pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:3129229410\">312.922.9410<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fieldmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fieldmuseum.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space hide_on_wide=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_desktop=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_notebook=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;]<div  id=\"sc_socials_970709056\" \n\t\tclass=\"sc_socials sc_socials_default\"><div class=\"socials_wrap\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fieldmuseum\" class=\"social_item social_item_style_icons sc_icon_type_icons social_item_type_icons\"><span class=\"social_icon social_icon_facebook\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fieldmuseum\" class=\"social_item social_item_style_icons sc_icon_type_icons social_item_type_icons\"><span class=\"social_icon social_icon_twitter\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fieldmuseum\/\" class=\"social_item social_item_style_icons sc_icon_type_icons social_item_type_icons\"><span class=\"social_icon social_icon_instagramm\"><span class=\"icon-instagramm\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- \/.socials_wrap --><\/div><!-- \/.sc_socials -->[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1506627684854{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 45px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; icons_position=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25965&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;About The Field Museum&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1559729514560{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-color: #0094c3 !important;border-bottom-style:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2279,"featured_media":0,"parent":25936,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25964","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Field Museum in the South Loop of Chicago, IL | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Part of Chicago\u2019s famous museum campus, The Field Museum is one of the city\u2019s most popular destinations. 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