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Field Columbian Museum Gallery
In 1894, the Field Columbian Museum opened to the public. Located in the Palace of Fine Arts building on the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the Museum was a “fantastic array [that had been] amassed” from the anthropology, botany, geology and zoology collections from the Fair. The Museum “was created for the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating Art, Archaeology, Science and History" (FCM Articles of Incorporation). In 1906, department store magnate Marshall Field left $6,000,000 in his will for the construction of a new, permanent building to house the collections. Construction began in 1915, and in May 1921, the Field Museum of Natural History in Grant Park opened to the public. The photos in this gallery range from 1895 to 1920 and document the history of the Field Columbian Museum, as well as the move to the new Field Museum building.
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