The Field Museum of Natural History is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality
The southern façade of the Field Museum in 2022.
Stanley Field Hall
Daniel Giraud Elliot in 1897
Stanley Field, Field Museum President, 1906
Mfuwe man-eating lion
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The Man-eater of Mfuwe was a sizeable male Southern African lion responsible for the deaths of six people. Measuring 3.2 metres long and standing at 1.2 metres tall at the shoulders, with a weight of
Field Museum of Natural History
…of Africa allow visitors an up-close look at the diverse habitats that animals inhabit. Most notably featured are the man-eating lions of Tsavo. The Mfuwe man eating lion is also on display. Evolving Planet follows the evolution of life on Earth over 4 billion years. The exhibit showcases fossils of single-celled organisms…
The Man-eater of Mfuwe on display at the Field Museum
The paw print of a lion, photographed in the Luangwa Valley.
A village within the town of Mfuwe.