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  1. Field Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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    The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [4] The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, [5] [6] and its extensive scientific specimen and artifact collections. [7]

  2. Sue (dinosaur) - Wikipedia

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    Sue[a] (stylized: SUE) is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, [b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, and was named after her ...

  3. List of most-visited museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rank Museum Location Visitors Year (1) Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York City: 5,364,000: 2023 [1] (2) American Museum of Natural History: New York City: 5,000,000

  4. In Flanders Fields Museum - Wikipedia

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    The In Flanders Fields Museum is a museum in Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, dedicated to the study of the First World War. It occupies the second floor of the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle) on the market square in the city centre. The building was largely destroyed by artillery during the war, but was afterwards reconstructed.

  5. Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Designated. November 1, 1995. The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's ...

  6. Richard W. Lariviere - Wikipedia

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    University of Oregon (2009–2011) Field Museum (2012–2020) Richard W. Lariviere is a Sanskrit scholar and academic administrator. He served as the president of the University of Oregon from July 2009 until November 2011. From October 2012 until August 2020 he was the president of the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. [1]

  7. Magdalenian Girl - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Martin, along with Dr. William Pestle, Field Museum Collection Manager, Drs. Michael Colvard and Richard Jurevic of the College of Dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago studied the impacted wisdom teeth and came to the conclusion that Magdalenian Girl was a woman by employing new tools and technology. [9]

  8. Paul Sidney Martin - Wikipedia

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    American. Occupation (s) Anthropologist, archeologist. Paul Sidney Martin (born November 22, 1898 [1] in Chicago – died January 20, 1974 [2]) was an American anthropologist and archaeologist. A lifelong associate of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Martin studied pre-Columbian cultures of the Southwestern United States.