Zocalo Group Reviews

As a party venue the museum is excellent. Being able to enjoy the exhibits provided a refreshing and educational break from the loud party noise when needed.

Fun museum of natural history with exhibits similar to those at the Smithsonian.
Sue The largest and most completeT-Rex fossil ever discovered is on display here with a great gallery.
Coat check, Cafe, dinosaurs, animals, etc are all here.

Absolutely loved the experience of being there. I would go every year if I could. My favorite exhibits were the dinosaurs and evolution ones.

Great museum, plan on at least 3+ hours. The birds of the world is absolutely amazing

One of the best natural history museums in the world

One of the greatest, total experiences of Natural History in the world. So much to experience for all ages, and such incredible effort made to make you feel a part of the visit, from examples to touch and smell, right down to "shrinking" you to microscopic size! Plan a few visits around it.

Awesome place. A lot of different thematic exhibitions inside. Some kind of 3d theatre, bur the screen could be wider for better entertainment. You can touch a lot of things there. To visit all areas you will need at least 4-5 hours, no less.
Shop with different goods also available inside.
You could take great photos inside and reach a lot of interesting facts.

Huge exhibits! And She is so cool (most complete t-rex skeleton ever!) All exhibits have in depth explainations and numerous specimens

The hall of gems was very cool to see the progression from a raw mineral to a beautiful necklace or ring plus the geology area was super informative

The finest field museum I have ever visited, the structure is excellently maintained and further, the use of sound in the exhibits is amazing for immersion, and the information is so dense it would take days to look over. Suzy remains a star, I got chills seeing them with my daughter the same as I got as a child myself.

staff is both super friendly and grumpy. best not to lean on the glass in the gems exhibit...
Check out Sue and her cousins, and be prepared to see a large zoo of stuffed animals!

Great to experience something from my childhood again. So much information!

Kind and knowledgeable staff popped in to offer their expertise helped to make this visit great.

Awesome as always.. great exhibits for South American and Egyptian mummies

I'm sure the museum is great, but Sue belongs in South Dakota. She should have never been purchased by the museum when the careful excavation and discovery was done by the Black Hills Institute.

Great place to explore, especially for tourist. It is always a good idea if you are not from the city to check out the exhibits.

It' do take an entire day to visit all the exhibitions and displays, I only had a few hours, I especially liked the Evolving earth exhibit

Such an amazing place! Front desk was super friendly.

Very interesting museum and really fun there is everything that is at the same time interesting and entertaining.

I haven't been here since the 6th grade and boy was it a treat!

A must see for anyone visiting Chicago, however it is pricey.

I was able to understand life from birth to death. Artifacts are incredible...

The quality of the exhibits here are very good! They do have a lot of exhibits but most of them didn't really interest me. We did absolutely love the Egypt exhibit, the dinosaurs, and the traveling mummy exhibit. The 3D show "Museum Alive" was cute and very well made. The bathrooms were immaculately clean. What made me rate only three stars was how extremely expensive everything in the museum was and how quickly we got through the entire museum.

My family and I had a great time!! We learned so many things and had several laughs along the way. A special shout-out to customer service representative, Mark, who was very helpful and kind with my "two adult/two children" reciprocal membership. Thank you!!

Great museum. But the Hop To It event was a ripoff. $40 to be restricted to the great hall (no exhibitions) and pay an additional $8 per warm pint of Pseudosue. But still, dinosaurs and beer...

Great for the price. Wish I got there earlier than I did so I didn t have to rush through

I love Museums and I enjoy this one all the same. Fun place to be to let you nerd out. Sue the dinosaur was my favorite. Dont leave without hitting up the museum.

I'm not usually a fan of museums because all you do is look at old things that aren't that interesting, but this was so interactive and laid out in an appealing way that I truely enjoyed it! I went on a free day but I wouldn't mind going back even if I had to pay

Thank you 19th Century millionaires for leaving us an incredible museum and landmark! Suitable for families with young children and even better for adults.

Very informative. Large building, be prepared to do a lot of walking.

So many things to see and absolutely fascinating exhibits---I could get lost in the Field Museum for days!! I'd highly recommend if this is up your alley.

The Egyptian section is the best part. Although, the place is incredibly huge and detailed, that there is a lot to see, and you should plan on it taking multiple hours.

Fun place for a family. Even better place for an educational field trip for the class!! Love it!

Hands down the largest museum I've visited! Expect to spend 6 hours here easily. Every turn was a new adventure. I loved the setup and displays. Sue was my must see exhibit. If your in chicago this better be on your list of places to visit.

You can spend all day here and still not see everything ! What a beautiful museum and smartly curated. I cannot wait to go back!

I love the field museum
With the passion a dozen collapsing Carl Sagans into a field of Steven Hawking. Coming here is a pilgrimage, like the humble trilobites moving through primordial ooze to their rocky homes to hide from prey, come for the dinosaurs stay for the mass extinction and enjoy an existential crisis that may convince you to finally star recycling responsibly or maybe walk more than driving. What I learned most is dinosaurs make great fossils

Love the Field Museum! Use the side entrance...shorter lines.

Saw Sue the Tyrannosaurus Rex while I was here!!! There's a lot of history and science packed into this museum. I also saw a HUGE stone Aztec calendar. They have a lot of American Indian clothing and cultural items. I have to tell you though, for certain parts of the museum, it requires extra fees besides admission. These include exhibits like the Vikings (which is very informative and enlightening) and a China exhibit. Once you walk around enough it starts to get boring though.

Very complete museum. They have a large collection of permanent and temporary exhibitions. The exhibition of mummies is incredible. I would avoid the show at the cinema, it's like watching a documentary at home.

Pretty awesome museum. We were there on a free museum day for Illinois residents. There were many galleries to look at. Go early so you won't have to rush through the galleries.

Enriching history, and artifacts. My whole body was inflammed after either the chicken sandwich from the Explorer cafe, or the poor air quality of the facility. So much mildew in the upper theater. You could hardly breathe at the top section. Caked up accumulations of dirt/dust on vents. Smelled musty, and of mothballs. My hands(swelling), and body (aching) calmed down about 20 minutes after leaving.

Took daughter when she was very small but she attended with her brother's who were much bigger. They really enjoyed it and even tho she was just a baby she seemed very interested in it.

Amazed by the building architecture and expositions, both temporal and permanent. Mind it is HUGE and closes at 5pm, so better cone earlier.

I love museums. Every place I travel, I try to see at least one. The Field Museum is wonderful. Very educational. Lots of exhibits. We sadly didn't get to see everything, as this place is monstrous. You will need to wear good walking shoes and plan to spend entire day.

Fun kids area in the basement, dinosaur skeletons on the third. Sue is being moved though and returns in 2019

Great museum. Do much to see and do there! Excellent exhibits!

Recommended if you visit Chicago. This museum is pricy but is very large and has a lot to do. There were 4 exhibitions and a couple of 3D movies to watch. I saw the China exhibit (see photos). You get what you pay for, and there are various discounts to take advantage of. Some displays had buttons that didnt work, or showed videos made in 1989. A little updating could go a long way to make this place perfect. The one way entrance into some exhibits was a little confusing, but there are people all around who can give you directions and at the ticket booth they very clearly explain where you can and can't go depending on what exhibit ticket package you purchased. This is a great museum!

Although they are all specimens, they are almost covered by climbing on the sky.

Excellent Museum been around forever I also recommend in front of that museum you'll see a little silver Shack they have the true Chicago Polish get a couple of you will love it

Some cool stuff but very expensive. If you belong to a museum in another city make sure to check if you can get in free with the reciprocity program, it saved us almost $100.

Outstanding museum, lots of different ideas and exhibitions

Not enough time in the day to behold all in which the museum has to offer! Great place to spend a day if the weather is disagreeable

Haven't been here in years. Great exhibits, and lots of new stuff. Loved the Sue the TRex display. A must see

Good experience with what we found, unfortunately I think the map needs a lot of work to locate the things you want to see.

Great museum very large but you have to pay separate admissions into certain exhibits that kind of sucks but overall decent

This is one of the best museums and must be visited for its exclusive collections.

Such a fabulous experience!!!!! Love the pterodactyls!!!

We have just visited the Museum (probably, the 4th time if not more) and as usual I love the expositions. But there are a few things I would like to point out:
I do believe that the hand-written (!)descriptions on the Animal Displays are overdue for replacement. Also, the names of the flourescent minerals in the special dark case are impossible to read (they probably supposed to be seen but it's a pale lemony color and is NOT visible). In regards to the 3D movies (we watched The Galapagos Islands this time) I would like to point out that the theory of evolution is being DRILLED into the brains of the movie-watchers! Does it have to be that way in our OPEN MINDED society? - No! That for sure shows the NARROW MINDED approach to explain the beauty and abundance of nature specimens at the islands. I hope someone will pay a much closer attention to the movie scripts in the future.

Beautiful and informative. Needs hours to see everything!

Beautiful Museum with interesting permanent and temporary exhibitions. The main attraction is of course Sue, the T-Rex lady.

Great place to go with kids. Do not recommend taking your toddlers because most of the time they will not be interested.

A wonderful place to "consume" your time in Chicago!

It is worth visiting the place. Quite informative. Never seen before details of layerwise underground microorganisms and insects.

Having an Argentine dino. (Maximum) Spanish language is missing