Field Museum

Industry:	Museums & Art Galleries
Employees:	600

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Founded in 1893 and in its current building since 1921, The Field Museum is one of the world's premier natural history museums, housing more than 24 million artifacts and specimens. It is also a major scientific research center, with a presence in scores of countries and with more than 70 scientists working at the museum and around the world in anthropology, botany, conservation, cultural understanding, geology and zoology.

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Field Museum scientist describes first vertebrate to live in trees. NewsRx Science; 8/16/2009 ...that prowled the land, Jorg Frobisch, PhD, a Field Museum paleontologist has concluded. Elongated fingers...provided by insects and aquatic organisms. Keywords: Field Museum, Field Museum. This article was prepared by NewsRx Science editors... ...more

Work of Field Museum scientist addresses question of chance in evolution. NewsRx Science; 6/28/2009 ...life? An international team of researchers including Field Museum curator Scott Lidgard, PhD, has discovered a group...opened the way for an adaptive solution. Keywords: Field Museum, Genealogy, LeisureField Museum, Genealogy, Leisure... ...more

Beb mamut: El Field Museum de Chicago anunci que ser[beta] el primer museo en EEUU.(Reflejos) Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/4/2009 Beb mamut: El Field Museum de Chicago anunci que ser[sz] el primer museo en EEUU en exhibir los restos del beb mamut Lyuba. "Mamuts y Mastodontes: Titanes de la Edad de Hielo", se exhibir[sz] del 5 de marzo al 6 de sept. de 2010. ...more