东方研究所博物馆

这里不仅有大型的文物如木乃伊和漂亮的亚述门,这里所有东西都非常整洁,如古埃及的棋盘游戏!这是五千年前的旧床?太吸引人了,而且门票很便宜,棒极了。我们还参观了科学与工业博物馆,罗宾别墅,杰克逊公园和美国芝加哥大学,你可以在海德公园待上2,3天,这里实在太吸引人了,根本不需要到市区去!

我必须得承认之前的评论说的都非常对,这间博物馆是芝加哥保存得最完好的一个神秘之地。如果你对中东历史有兴趣的话,那你一定会爱上这里的,亚述展区更是超赞!

一定要来这座安静的大学博物馆参观参观。我们认为这是芝加哥保存最好的秘密,甚至是司机也不知道它就在这!门票只要35元人民币,但这里远远不止值这个价。这里很小,但却包含了很多历史知识,所以你可以会错过某些东西!我们本来打算花一个小时来参观的,但最后我们却花了3个小时!这里是古中东珍宝的聚集地,有来自埃及、伊朗、伊拉克、以色列、苏丹、叙利亚和土耳其的珍宝,有高4.2米的图特王雕像、关于死海的记载、重建霍尔萨巴德城后建成的亚述皇宫,皇宫门口有一座高4.8米重40吨拉玛苏雕像,这里还有来自波斯波利斯的大型的雕塑品。另外很棒的一点是这里有一个摆放有哈里·伯顿关于图特王墓穴挖掘的照片的玻璃陈列柜,这些照片现在正在东方研究博物馆展出。周围很漂亮,离罗比之屋只隔几条街!工作人员很友好,路人也很友好,他们会停下来告诉我们有关当地的情况,还会告诉我们大多数人都不知道的商店在哪!这次参观的经历真是太美妙了!

If you like archaeology, this is an interesting little museum. Be sure to walk the U of Chicago campus a bit and see the Robie House (one of Frank Lloyd Wright's best).

The name "Oriental Institute Museum" may be misleading if you think of the Orient as Japan, China or Korea. The museum focuses on Ancient Mesopotamia, Assyria, Anatolia, Megiddo, Egypt, Persia and Nubia (present day Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iran, Egypt and Sudan). This is not a problem as long as it is what one is interested in seeing.Displays are informative and attractive. The galleries are arranged around a square courtyard, making it easy for the visitor to move through them systematically and logically. Unfortunately, several of the computer displays were out of order, and I noted at least two places with burned-out light bulbs which impacted viewing of the displays. We spent about 1-1/2 hours visiting the museum, reading some of the signs but not all. There are some impressive artifacts including a 40-ton sculpture of a human-headed winged bull, a large King Tut statue and several mummies. I found the displays about the development of writing to be very interesting.For visitors with children, the museum has provided laminated cards in many of the galleries to highlight key displays in the room. These cards are in both Spanish and English. This museum is located in the Hyde Park area of the city, within the campus of the University of Chicago. For visitors to our city, that means that it's not downtown in the "Loop"; by public transit, it will take 48 minutes - to an hour to get there from the Loop.Though this is a great museum, I would suggest that visitors to the city would probably want to see some of our other great museums first before seeing this specialized museum, unless these geographic areas and time period are of particular interest. There is no entrance fee though a donation is suggested. We did not feel pressured to donate but were thanked when we did. If you come by car, there is a parking garage a couple of blocks away. On the museum's website, it says the garage is free, but as of July 2014, there is a fee to park there. However, it is still convenient and pretty inexpensive for Chicago.

This museum displays objects collected through University of Chicago archeological expeditions mostly in the middle east. It is a splendid collection in terms of the quality and beauty of the objects on display, but even more for the informative detail of its extensive labeling, a museum that clearly aims to share knowledge, to teach both about these places and about archeological practice.

This little museum is worth a trip to Hyde Park. Intimate, informative and home of very substantial archeological works.mhighly recommended

Beautiful collections from Asian and Middle East, even when the place is small is rich in artifacts and documents.

I visit this Museum on the average of once every two years. Ever since I was a child, I have been interested in the ancient world. The artifacts here can be viewed in a less than two hours. I really dislike nothing about this place.

Right on the campus of the University of Chicago this is a real gem.wonderful Oriental pieces and these are not fake. These are the genuine pieces from the ancient world. I still cannot believe how they assembled this collection as some of the pieces are just huge.

Every year for 5 years we've visited the Oriental Mu,seum. Every year he gets something different from it.The standard exhibits - King Tut, Lhamassu, the mummies and grave offerings - are so well displayed. The quiet of the place enables real conversation about the themes with a child.The interactive computer displays and games are educational. And the books available from the shop allow you to continue the experiences later in the day.

My two kids attended a 3 hour class. Was great learning experience fir myself! A must see when when at the university of Chicago campus.

What a treat! A local recommended this place, and we had a great time. The museum wasn't crowded. We had a leisurely visit, and we could get as close as we wanted to each of the exhibits. Easy parking, or an easy walk from the train station.

Loved this museum. Wish we had more time as we were only able to make it through about a third of it before our schedule dictated we leave. We will definitely be returning in the not too distant future. Well worth your while.

Whether or not you make the special exhibit--and seeing it is worth the effort of getting down to Hyde Park (plenty of on street parking) and the museum is FREE--the museum has an amazing selection of mind-blowing artifacts from Mesopotamia with plaques describing the importance of what you see and wonderful videos of what has long be obliterated by time and history. Get the audio tour. We didn't but it's a must for our next visit. (And no, you can't visit the whole museum in a day. It would mean going back to the Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar's day for a 45 minute tour.