Field Museum Store

Visit was beautiful at this museum, and the section of the ancient of Egypt was stunning

Very nice museum, but nothing quite spectacular or breathtaking.

No indication when looking up tickets that the main exhibit Vodou was «sold out» after a long walk across the city it is very disappointing to reach the destination and find out the only reason you made the trek is void.

This is one of my favorite places to go in Chicago. I had family plus membership and you can bring couple of guests with you for free admission. It’s a great place to invest and become a member each year they have additional special exhibition. You’ll enjoy it.

AHHH! This place is amazing, tons of taxidermy stuff animals and tons of exhibits. Could spend over 4 hours here! Give yourselves plenty of time and very easy to get to.

This was a very impressive museum gift shop, with some beautiful, but rather pricey craft items (china, textiles, etc) and lots of fascinating gifts. Some cute toys too. My only reason for giving it less than five stars is that there aren’t really any cheap-​ish things that kids can buy for themselves with their allowances. My children bought little bags of rocks and minerals, but the costs added up very quickly. It’s a shame, since I suspect parents would buy a «real» gift (like a book) anyway for their kids, but it would be nice if the kids could pick out something in their own price range too. But definitely worth a visit after going to the fabulous Field Museum itself!

Ah the gift shops in museums. This place has everything you might want (and not want) to buy! This gift shop does a good job at having things to sell that are relative to the exhibits.
Everything is pretty overpriced, but what do you expect? If you want a souvenir for you or for the kiddos, definitely stop in!

This is the BEST place to go gift shopping. Their jewelry is wonderful, great books, tshirts, and art. And it supports an important Chicago museum!

Typical museum giftstore but perhaps more accurately focussed towards their collections than most. Also has a location in O’Hare, so if you forget to pick up that present for the folks back home, you can recover. Reasonably priced compared to similar shops. The t-​shirts seemed to be the best deal.

This store is insane, in the best way possible. You could get lost in here for an hour, perhaps two! Great selections for anyone. Fabulous jewelry; educational toys, books, and games for kids of ALL ages; art, etc.

Like Carla L. mentioned, if you loved the museum the store is a must visit. Even if you’re just browsing around, there are tons of displays and cool items to look at. All of the store’s merchandise ties in closely with the exhibits they have in the museum with lots of books full of vibrant, high quality pictures for you to take home and enjoy even after you’ve left Chicago.
Most of all, there are the money suckers for me, stuffed animals! They have some of the cutest around and you can’t help but grab one to go because it’s just screaming «take me home!!!»
They also sell very cute jewelry for souvenirs as well as gift giving, and stationary /​cards for special occasions decorated in museum exhibit styles. This is a good browse for at least half an hour so budget this time in when you visit the museum!

If you love the museum come to the store. Period. Of course you will end up spending a pretty penny but they do have such awesome items you will NOT regret it.
The merchandise of course is relative to the exhibits, even the special ones going on.
My daughter went nuts with her Egyptian obsession and me with my glass art jewelry obsession. Gifts for everyone too.
A girl has got to shop, and this is a great place to do so for anyone who loves the Field Museum.

Though I try to keep a good pa-​poker face when it comes to souvenirs, inside I feel like a rabid dog. There’s just something about a commemorative pen that really lights up my soul. I know I don’t need it, I know it’s outrageously overpriced, I know that it will likely break or get lost 5 minutes after I buy it, but just cannot help myself… especially if they place said pen next to a matching souvenir magnet or even better, a key chain… and don’t even get me started on those squish-​a-​penny and wax figurine machines– I’ll go gangbusters.
Well, today I got sucked in again. It’s all the BFs fault, really. We were getting ready to leave the museum, I *thought* all the gift shops had closed as we saw the workers pulling closed all the doors, then my BF said he needed to use the washroom before exiting and when I turned to roll my eyes (it was seriously like the 5^th pee break of the day for him), there it was. The Field Museum Store, still open– even after the museum was closed. ‘God works in mysterious ways’, is what I thought to myself as I immediately bolted and yelled into the wind, «find me in the gift shop!» as I broke the sound barrier with my mad dash to trinket town.
First thing I see when I walk in? A really awesome commemorative pen celebrating Mexico… SOLD! Did I mention it came in 3 colors and one of them was orange? DOUBLE SOLD! The BF will probably want one too, right? As I walk up to the register I see a greeting card with a funny looking squirrel with extra fuzzy ears on it– SOLD! There was also this really cool Mexican rose handbag thingy that was awesome and I totally would have made that ‘SOLD!’ too, except for the the damn intercom ‘museum is closed’ announcement that made me feel like it was time to wrap it up.
When we left the museum, the BF and I discussed what our favorite parts were. His was the statues of topless aborigines, and mine was a tie between the Giant Ground Sloth skelly and the Field Museum Store.

Want to feel good about splurging? This is the place! Not just the touristy crap you find in most museum stores. This place has stuff from all over the world!
My favorites include:
Wounaan woven baskets — intricatley woven baskets by people in Panama — buying this seemingly expensive basket lasts them food-​wise for a year or so!
Telephone wire bowls — SO neat! when industrialization started moving into Africa the natives there started making art w/​all the different colored telephone wires! Gorgeous geometrical shapes!
ALL of the eco friendly items! Bamboo utensils, reusuable bags everywhere!
Fair trade business! Bonus!
Also, being not one for jewelry, even I get a little starry eyed looking around in here! I am one for amber though, if anyone’s paying attention and taking notes for Christmas! But I’m a Jurassic Park geek like that!
I’m amazed the caliber here in Chicago when it comes to these museum stores. «Gift shops» no more… these places have their finger on the pulse of trends not just in the USA but around the world! Impressive!