Chicago, United States
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa, formerly known as the Oriental Institute, is a research institute and museum of the University of Chicago, located in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in May 1919, the institute was founded by Egyptologist and professor James Henry Breasted with funds donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- City
- Chicago
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
More places in Chicago
- Millennium Park
- Willis Tower
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Field Museum of Natural History
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- Grant Park
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