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Today in Chicago History: $16.5M gift brings Máximo the titanosaur to Field Museum

By | krumore@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune
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At the Field Museum, a section of vertebrae is lifted as exhibition specialists work with crane operators to move parts of Máximo, a titanosaur, into the museum's south entrance as part of a multiday process of installing the skeleton cast into Stanley Field Hall on May 23, 2018. The vertebrae was too big to fit in the museum’s freight elevator. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)
At the Field Museum, a section of vertebrae is lifted as exhibition specialists work with crane operators to move parts of Máximo, a titanosaur, into the museum’s south entrance as part of a multiday process of installing the skeleton cast into Stanley Field Hall on May 23, 2018. The vertebrae was too big to fit in the museum’s freight elevator. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)
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