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Official name: Field Museum of Natural History
Built:
1912- 1920
Designed by: D.H. Burnham & Company; Graham, Burnham and Company; Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
Renovated: 1978 by Harry Weese and Associates
Type: Museum
Stories: 2
Location: 1400 South Lakeshore Drive
City: Chicago
State: Illinois
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his is one of the largest public museums in the United States, and is considered one of the best natural history museums in the world. The star attraction is "Sue," a dinosaur skeleton that occupies one end of the great hall. The museum also has more than 20,000,000 other items, though not all are on display simultaneously.
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