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Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History Ticket or VIP Tour

Activity provider: Field Museum
Entry ticket

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History Ticket or VIP Tour

Activity provider: Field Museum
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From US$ 27 per person

Likely to sell out

Explore the world of dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, glittering gemstones, and prehistoric North America with a visit to the Field Museum of Natural History. Choose the Early Access VIP Tour option to enjoy a guided tour and all-exhibits access ticket.

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Experience

Highlights
  • See Sue, the largest and most complete T. rex ever discovered
  • Come face-to-face with the largest dinosaur that ever lived: Maximo, the Titanosaur
  • Choose between General Admission, an All-Access Pass or the Early Access VIP Tour
  • Meet the famous man-eating Lions of Tsavo
  • Explore the only full-sized mastaba tomb complex outside of Egypt
  • Marvel at 5,000 year-old Egyptian hieroglyphics
  • Wonder at the world’s largest blue topaz
Full description

Visit the Field Museum of Natural History, one of Chicago's great museums. With more than 35 world-renowned natural history exhibitions, there's something for everyone. Fuel your passion for discovery with dinosaurs, ancient artifacts, cultural insights, and groundbreaking science.

Explore subterranean life in the Underground Adventure exhibit. Admire gemstones in the Hall of Gems and one of the largest collections of Chinese jade in North America in the Hall of Jades.

Next, follow the stories of the Ice Age mammoth hunters and the temples of the Inca and Aztecs. Visit the Dinosaur Hall Evolving Planet exhibit to mingle with giant sloths, woolly mammoths, Sue, and Maximo. Upgrade to the All-Access Pass to see a 3-D movie and all 3 ticketed special exhibitions.

Choose the Early Access VIP Tour option for a 1-hour VIP tour of the museum's dinosaurs before the museum opens to the general public. Take pictures with Sue or Maximo without the crowds. Then explore the rest of the museum with an all-access ticket including a 3D movie titled "Waking the T-Rex."

If you want to see more, get a Discovery Pass to gain general admission to the museum as well as add one of their ticketed exhibitions or a 3D movie to your day. 

Includes
  • General Admission to the museum
  • Access to all general admission exhibitions
  • 3-D movie (if All-Access Pass or Early Access VIP tour option selected)
  • Entry to all 3 ticketed exhibitions (if All-Access Pass or Early Access VIP tour option selected)
  • 1-hour VIP tour of the museum's dinosaurs with a museum docent (if Early Access VIP tour option selected)
  • Parking (available onsite)

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Important information

Know before you go

  • If you choose the All-Access Pass, the 3-D movie is subject to availability, so please arrive early between 9:00 AM-12:00 PM to reserve your time
  • The Early Access VIP Tour will have no more than 20 participants
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the East Museum Lot
  • Early Access VIP Tour guests will have their All-Access Pass QR codes emailed to them the day before the tour
  • There is an onsite restaurant and cafe
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5

based on 235 reviews

Review summary

  • Value for money
    4.6/5
  • Service
    4/5

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What a resource!! Spent the week in Chicago & this was a must see. I bought the package which had access to the various exhibits. One based on colour in nature which was beautiful & informative. Another was on Chinese culture which again was very interesting. As part of the package I had access to a 3D film based on the titanasaur. For the kids it's engaging and interesting but I found it a great watch too. You walk into the building and immediately you notice the huge titanasaur in the lobby which is just incredible. The dinosaurs were a real highlight for me. The accompanying information to each fossil topped it off. Of course it all builds to Sue the T-Rex. A real highlight of the whole day for me!! After seeing the dinosaurs I moved onto the natural history section which was unbelievable. I guess every single animal must be represented here. Of course I visited the gift shop for a souvenir but there is something for everyone here. An amazing place. Definitely check it out!!

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April 1, 2023

Field museum is amazing and wonderful. We paid for the extended tickets to get into all of the exhibits and have the ability to watch a 3D movie. we were asked to pick a time for the movie when we claimed our tickets at the front desk so we chose 1:30. At 1:20, we walked down to the movie area and were met with an insanely long line. By 1:35, another patron walked back past us and told the line "good luck! you're going to wait for 2 hours!" My papa then walked all the way down to where the line ended and realized the guy wasnt lying. What is the point on having us choose a time for a reserved movie if there is not a guaranteed spot?? We may not have bought all the special ticket if I had known this would happen. The rest of the special exhibits were amazing, but it was shocking to walk into the general admission areas, you could almost barely walk bc of the crowd and forget social distancing. The museum needs to minimize their daily admissions, that was outrageous. Sue was awesome.

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April 1, 2023

I really enjoyed seeing the fossils and human artifacts, but I must say that I was highly disappointed by all of the taxidermy in the animal exhibit. I saw so many endangered animals, many of them babies, stuffed and put on display like it was nothing. The museum claims to be an ally to the natural world and then showcases a legacy of environmental degradation and human-led species endangerment.

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April 1, 2023

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