Talk:Field Museum of Natural History

message: The text states that the head is too heavy to be mounted with the body, and is instead on the second floor balcony.  Yet right next to that is a picture of the skeleton, head and all.  So does it have head or not?  The pictures below imply that there was some change made in 2005 but it's not explained in the article at all. Pimlottc 13:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is an immitation head placed on the skeleton so that the skeleton can be viewed as if in its entirety. Israelite9191 00:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

text: The actual skull of Sue weighs several hundred pounds, and would have necessitated an additional support column, detracting from the aethetics of the mount. Additionally, the skull was distorted severely to one side, due to being buried in the ground for 67 million years. Therefor, a mold and cast was made of the bone, the distortions were corrected, and the cast was placed on the skeleton, in May of 2000, when she was unveiled. The real skull is in a case on the balcony, so that you can view the real head up close and personally. Fossilpreparator 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  The head could be suspended with wires from ceiling beams.   But that wouldnt work, because that would require modifications to the museum structure, and would take away from the original, historical essence of the 1922 architecture.  Potential damage to the building would also occur.  206.192.35.125 (talk) 16:45, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Sue have a head or not? 

message: Sue the dinosaur redirects here...shouldn't she have her own page? RJASE1 04:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a lot of information about Sue, and she is a very important discovery, but there is not enough information on this page for Sue to have her own page. If you have more information and write it, then you could create such a page. Dylan 15:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect page 

message: Added this page to the project due to Sue's discovery in South Dakota. RJASE1 04:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject South Dakota addition 

message: This article will require some work. The whole temporary exhibits section could be cut to one line. If people want to know the temp exhibits at any given time they can check the museum website. As it is that information is unencyclopeidic as far as I can tell.A mcmurray 03:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am a volunteer at the museum. I will begin the cleanup process immediately. Dylan 15:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: The 'Temporary exhibits' section is outdated and requires work! --98.193.61.220 (talk) 04:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old and Oudated

message: The Field Museum lobby is seen in the closing shots of Damien: Omen II, a circa 1980 film.  Check that film's article. WHPratt (talk) 20:34, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film appearances 

message: Please create a works section or bibliography for the publications of the museum.
* Publication: Anthropological series, Volume 10
* Publication: Anthropological series, Volume 13
* Publication: Anthropological series, Volume 14
** Publication: Anthropological series, Volume 14 (duplicate from other source)
* Publication: Anthropological series, Volume 15
* Publication: Anthropological series, Volume 15, Issue 3 By Berthold Laufer
http://books.google.com/books?id=Re9KAAAAYAAJ&q=kiu+wu+tai+shi&dq=kiu+wu+tai+shi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4haoUJeJNYfp0gGf2YDwDQ&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCA
http://books.google.com/books?id=9E1SAQAAIAAJ&q=kiu+wu+tai+shi&dq=kiu+wu+tai+shi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4haoUJeJNYfp0gGf2YDwDQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCQ
Rajmaan (talk) 02:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Publications of the Field Museum 

message: The description of the change of name is incomplete.  It implies that the museum's name changed from Columbian Museum of Chicago to Field Museum of Natural History in 1905.  This is clearly incomplete as in 1901 one of its publications appeared under the name Field Columbian Museum.  It is clear that the Field name was added earlier than 1905; further investigation into the sources to clarify the changing name is called for.  SteveMcCluskey (talk) 19:00, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Found the appropriate reference.  Revision done. SteveMcCluskey (talk) 19:21, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  History - Name Change 

message: Popular YouTube show The Brain Scoop is moving from the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum to The Field Museum, soon. See this blog post by Emily Graslie (embedded in the followup by Hank Green) explaining the situation. (Therefor: An army of curious nerdfighters will probably be visiting this page, in the near future ;) –Quiddity (talk) 17:38, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Brain Scoop 

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replies: text: Both links work, even the one marked as dead. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:30, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
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message: — Assignment last updated by Coryannyyz (talk) 14:31, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: ANTH 420 Museum Anthropology

message: Hello! I was assigned this article for class and will be editing it periodically until the end of May 2023. I have a detailed project proposal handy if you're interested. 
tl;dr version: I'll be doing a major overhaul of the Cultural Halls subsection. With my most recent edit I modified Cultural Hall subsection and created new paragraphs for Africa and Peoples of the Arctic and Northwest Coast. Gryphonheart13 (talk) 20:41, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki Education Project ANTH 420