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The Field Museum was free on Wednesday, so Mom and I decided to go take a peek. The first thing we came upon in the museum was Sue, the largest complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in the world. When I saw it, I was surprised how small it was. Maybe that "complete" part is the clincher. I had looked up the museum on the web a week previous, so I knew that the "Star Wars" exhibit cost money to look at, so it was removed from the to-do list. We went through a large loop of a great number of stuffed mammal carcasses, some of which were extinct, some endangered, and some as common as sand. This place was like a taxidermist's dream. I dragged mom up to the "Earth Sciences" section and quickly browsed the extensive collection of gems. We thought about heading into the "Plants of the World" exhibit, but decided not to. Then he went into the basement, but since the cell phone lost it's coverage, and Mom was waiting on a call, she headed up to the second floor to look at "Traveling the Pacific" while I checked out "Ancient Egypt" and the "Underground Adventure". However, I soon found out that the latter was a pay exhibit, as were all the large, fun looking exhibits, so I headed towards Egypt. On the way, I read the information about "Bushman", a lowland gorilla that once lived at Lincoln Park Zoo. Of course, he was now stuffed, his body stood upright with metal wires. Audobon would be proud. I then checked out a small exhibit on color changing fish. I enjoyed that part, especially what the fish did when he was set on a polka dot surface. I then proceeded to the first part of the "Ancient Egypt" exhibit, exploring a tomb. It was uninteresting at best, but the second part, about Egyptian public interaction at markets and the such was a bit more enjoyable. There were also exhibits about Africa, Native Americans, and an exhibit about dinosaurs. Unfortunately, the exhibits I was interested in didn't go quite as deep with their information as I would have preferred. With it's hands-on exhibits, the Field Museum would be a great place to take your elementery school kids.
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