The Field Museum's 10 Hidden Gems
Most visitors to Chicago's Field Museum squeeze in only a fraction of the 480,000 artifacts on display. Here are 10 don't-miss finds.
Wall of shoes
Most of the shoes in the Common Concerns, Different Responses exhibit date from the 19th and 20th centuries and show how people protect -- and ornament -- their feet. You'll see strappy Egyptian sandals, Siberian fish skin boots, Turkish stilt shoes, tiny Chinese shoes for bound feet, firefighters' boots, stilettos and more.
A recent day at the museum sums up how this exhibit affects people. A mom with three girls says, "These are the shoes I've been wanting to show you!" Meanwhile, a school-age boy does a header into the case, and his concerned father gets distracted by Michael Jordan's Nikes.
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