1927: The Stevens Hotel — then the largest hotel in the world — opened on Michigan Avenue. The $30 million, 28-story towers contained 3,000 rooms, an 18-hole rooftop miniature golf course complete ...

1896: The Tribune received a scoop on the Spanish-American War via telegram: Cmdr. George Dewey’s “complete victory” at Manila Bay in the Philippines. Without losing a man or a ship, Dewey’s squadron ...

which include admissions to the museum. The Chicago CityPASS also covers access to a 3D film. The Field Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but no visitors are admitted after 4 p.m. The ...

A survey found that Americans think the coolest work you can do in Illinois is be a fossil expert at the Field Museum.

The University of Illinois Chicago is home to the first and only Arab American Cultural Center on a college campus, and staff members were at the Field Museum of Natural History on Wednesday to ...

The crash occurred hours after Homewood Flossmoor High School's prom, "A Night of Enchanted Elegance," which took place from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team at Chicago’s Field Museum has published a first-of-its-kind study analyzing 10,000 years’ worth of wealth disparity ...

More than 550 students from 46 Chicago Public Schools took part in the second annual STEAM Fest at the Field Museum, hosted ...

Chicago’s museums are world-class, but all those bones, weather simulators and rides in Chicago’s first El train car don’t come cheap. Throw in parking, special exhibits and the gift shop, and it adds ...

the Indianapolis ABCs beat the visiting Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League’s inaugural game. 1921: The Field Museum opened to visitors in its current space off DuSable Lake ...