Went to the Field Oct. 2006 to see the King Tut exhibit. Great stuff and display is excellent. Nice gift shop at the end with something for everybody.

The Field is worth a long look around and I wish we had had more time to see everything.

Sue is a must-visit.

We did not go to the Tut exhbition because we found out while placing an order for the tickets that we would be allowed in the exhibit for only one hour. Reviews here confirmed this - that some folks bought two tickets to go through twice. It was hard to imagine looking at 130 exhbits in 60 minutes. --Milwaukee and Minneapolis people

I am 43 years old, and 31 years ago I had the pleasure of seeing the Tut exhibit in my native Northern California. It is a childhood memory powerful enough to have informed my choice to become a teacher and make the focus of most of my history/social studies teaching be ancient history. My favorite area about which to teach remains Ancient Egypt, so you can imagine my excitement at seeing this revamped display; I traveled all the way from Boston to do so! I wasn't in the LEAST disappointed, and I am surprised that so many people were. Yes, many of the artifacts aren't actually FROM Tut's tomb but they directly relate to him and his familial history, thus making the actual Tut artifacts themselves that much more significant. In all honesty, having been to the British Museum, the Cairo Museum and even the actual tombs in The Valley of the Kings, this is far and away the most comprehensive, well-constructed and most fascinating exhibit which I have ever attended. I do agree with the idea that one should study up a bit before attending if one wants to be an informed viewer. But (stepping on my soapbox for a moment here), if all one wants is to be fed the type of pablum one could find on "Survivor:Egypt" or "Pharaoh or No Pharaoh" ;-) then this isn't the right exhibit for you. Those of you who are willing to do a little brainwork will enjoy the Tut exhibit- I can almost guarantee it!

The Field Museum is filled with many interesting galleries and fascinating things to see. Its too bad all of the recent reviews only focus on the King Tut exhibit. The normal Egyptian exhibit is wonderfull, and definitley worth the trip.

The Tut exhibit itself never claimed to have the gold death mask or the coffin of the boy king. For anyone who takes the time to look at the advertisement, what is pictured is clearly one of the canopic coffinettes that contained the kings internal organs. It is amazingly detailed, and worth the ticket price alone. I thought the exhibit was amazing and have seen it twice. For those that didn't like it, if you don't like history, this may not be for you.

Kids will definitley enjoy the dinosaur exhibits, and I think the museum has something for everyone. For those that claim it is a rip off, general admisiion to the Field Museum doesn't cost much more than a movie. To each his own....