FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (EIN 36-2167011)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-11-03
IRS object ID: 201603089349302270
Schema version: 2015v2.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-11-03T16:38:23-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	381357951	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PLANTE & MORAN PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 S Riverside Plaza 9th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	362167011	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FIEL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3129229410	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606052827	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Le Monte G Booker Sr	PersonNm
Person Title	Chief Financial Officer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3129229410	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-10-31	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Lu Ann Trapp	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01506476	PTIN
Phone	3122071040	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-10-31	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	LE MONTE G BOOKER SR	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606052827	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$137,282,582	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.FIELDMUSEUM.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1893	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE MUSEUM IS AN INDEPENDENT CENTER OF LEARNING THAT ENGAGES IN RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	78	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	69	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	738	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	503	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$4,188,621	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$859,697	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$51,540,413	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$63,343,083	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$26,811,015	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$28,493,341	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$16,049,296	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,752,489	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$911,054	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$81,901	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$95,311,778	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$100,507,012	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$437,876	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$253,388	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$28,238,379	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$29,442,310	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$55,842	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$248,317	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$4,218,789	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$42,738,765	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$44,519,551	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$71,470,862	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$74,463,566	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$23,840,916	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$26,043,446	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$648,291,562	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$667,168,160	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$210,716,046	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$210,249,974	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$437,575,516	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$456,918,186	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE FIELD MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION CONCERNED WITH THE DIVERSITY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURE AND AMONG CULTURES. IT PROVIDES COLLECTION-BASED RESEARCH AND LEARNING FOR GREATER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE. ITS COLLECTIONS, PUBLIC LEARNING PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH ARE INSEPARABLY LINKED TO SERVE A DIVERSE PUBLIC OF VARIED AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND KNOWLEDGE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$27,312,093	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$248,350	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,593,710	RevenueAmt
Desc	SCIENCE & EDUCATION: SCIENCE AND EDUCATION CONSISTS OF Four COMPLEMENTARY CENTERS-THE COLLECTIONS CENTER, THE INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH CENTER, THE SCIENCE ACTION CENTER, And the learning center. TOGETHER, THESE CENTERS ADVANCE THE MUSEUM'S MISSION OF UNDERSTANDING THE PAST, EXPLORING ITS PRESENT, AND SHAPING A FUTURE FOR THE EARTH THAT IS RICH WITH BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THE COLLECTIONS AMOUNT TO OVER 25,000,000 NATURAL OBJECTS AND MAN-MADE ARTIFACTS SPANNING THE MUSEUM'S FOUR DISCIPLINES - ANTHROPOLOGY, BOTANY, GEOLOGY, AND ZOOLOGY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$15,437,608	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$5,038	GrantAmt
Revenue	$16,155,680	RevenueAmt
Desc	PUBLIC PROGRAMS: THE MUSEUM BRINGS SCIENCE TO LIFE WITH MORE THAN 400,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE DEVOTED TO EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS. IN 2015, THE MUSEUM WELCOMED MORE THAN 1,300,000 VISITORS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$11,026,101	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Museum Services: The Museum has approximately 1,300,000 square feet for which Museum Services provides engineering, maintenance, and security, as well as directly supports the Science and Education and Public Programs.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$9,120,540	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$10,743,951	RevenueAmt
Desc	MUSEUM OUTREACH AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$9,120,540	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$10,743,951	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$62,896,342	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (1)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	0	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	0	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (1)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	145	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	738	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	78	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	69	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Le Monte G Booker Sr	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3126657240	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 S LAKESHORE DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606052496	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (98 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Richard W Lariviere
President + CEO	35.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$586,422	$0	$122,028
James L Alexander
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lucinda M Baier
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan M Benton
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Howard B Bernick
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Amy E Best
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Norman R Bobins
Vice Chairman, Audit	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John L Bucksbaum
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John A Canning Jr
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gregory C Case
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Richard A Chaifetz
Vice Chairman, Retirement & Benefits	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard W Colburn
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kenneth W Coquillette
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Cotton
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sir Peter Crane FRS
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kermit R Crawford
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert W Crawford Jr
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marsha A Cruzan
Vice Chairman, Development	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Oscar A David
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Louis T Delgado
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roger K Deromedi
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Elden
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles M Falcone
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rick Fezell
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marshall Field V
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael E Flannery
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James S Frank
Board Member	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Marshall B Front
Vice Chairman, Investment	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
J Erik Fyrwald
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wilbur H Gantz III
Vice Chairman, Science	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ronald J Gidwitz
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ruth Ann M Gillis
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert H Gordon
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jack M Greenberg
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Judy Greffin
Vice Chairman, Finance	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lewis S Gruber
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Adnaan Hamid
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David D Hiller
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jamee C Field Kane
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Todd Kaplan
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael L Keiser
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Constance T Keller
Chairman of the Board	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey B Keller
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard L Keyser
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William C Kunkler III
Vice Chairman, Governance	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Randolph R Kurtz
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Diane von Schlegell Levy
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Patricia Marroquin Norby
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W James McNerney Jr
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bobby Mehta
Vice Chairman, Public Programs	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Clare Munana
Vice Chairman, Government Relations	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Neil S Novich
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James J O'Connor Jr
Vice Chairman, Facilities	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael O'Grady
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David C Parry
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Aurie A Pennick
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John F Podjasek III
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter B Pond
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard S Price
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Rau
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Douglas P Regan
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas S Ricketts
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John W Rowe
Immediate Past Chairman	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael J Sacks
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nydia Searle
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Michael E Severino
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jai Shekhawat
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alejandro Silva
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Adele S Simmons
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matthew K Simon
Secretary	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dawn L Solomon
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark Tebbe
Vice Chairman, Technology	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark R Walter
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Everett S Ward
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Laura S Washington
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melvin D Williams
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W Rockwell Wirtz
Vice Chairman, Marketing	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Patrick Wood-Prince
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas L Bernardin
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbara Byrd-Bennett
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael W Ferro Jr
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey T Foland
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Antonio J Gracias
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bryant L Keil
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JB Pritzker
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth W Reese
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Tang
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David M Tolmie
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Greg Wasson
Past Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
J W Croft
Executive Vice President	35.00		Yes (X)	$353,084	$0	$29,456
Le Monte G Booker Sr
Chief Financial Officer	35.00		Yes (X)	$24,083	$0	$610
Debra Moskovits
VP, Science and Education	35.00			$169,895	$0	$17,523	Yes (X)
Raymond DeThorne
Chief Marketing Officer	35.00			$203,153	$0	$8,437	Yes (X)
Charles Katzenmeyer
VP, Institutional Advancement	35.00			$232,252	$0	$19,345		Yes (X)
R L Grande
Distinguished Service Curator	35.00			$195,050	$0	$30,304		Yes (X)
Olivier Rieppel
Curator	35.00			$184,450	$0	$23,433		Yes (X)
Gary Feinman
Curator	35.00			$159,778	$0	$21,487		Yes (X)
Shawn VanDerziel
Chief Human Resources Officer	35.00			$163,589	$0	$17,065		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,271,756	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$289,688	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	24	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
OMD USA LLC
PO Box 533202	Charlotte	NC	28290	Advertising	$1,221,237
Hill Mechanical Corporation
11045 Gage Avenue	Franklin Park	IL	60131	Construction	$1,013,437
Ortiz Builders Inc
3607 West 26th Street	Chicago	IL	60623	Construction	$974,332
HillAhern Fire Protection LLC
11045 Gage Avenue	Franklin Park	IL	60131	Construction	$647,635
DDB
200 E Randolph St	Chicago	IL	60616	Advertising	$636,330

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	44	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$2,075,691	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$7,590,345	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$53,677,047	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$7,363,276	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$63,343,083	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
ADMISSIONS	900099	$14,117,237	$14,117,237
Event Income	900099	$4,240,192	$108,816	$4,131,376
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	$2,818,918	$2,818,918
Commissions	900099	$2,039,546	$2,039,546
traveling exhibits	900099	$2,038,443	$2,038,443

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,239,005	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,239,005	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$28,493,341	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,677,011	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$57,245	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,619,766	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$141,718	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$141,718	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$41,401,391	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$36,325,913	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$5,075,478	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,075,478	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,075,478	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$226,038	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$2,075,691	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$449,657	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$223,619	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$223,619	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$100,507,012	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$24,361,965	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$4,188,621	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$8,613,343	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,128	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,128	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$138,960	TotalAmt
Program Services	$138,960	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$111,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$111,300	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,514,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$433,244	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$569,291	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$512,156	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,473,284	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,245,561	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,461,785	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,765,938	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$868,677	TotalAmt
Program Services	$724,216	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$76,791	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$67,670	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,840,549	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,872,470	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$438,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$529,651	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,745,109	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,454,897	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$154,268	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$135,944	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$163,003	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,617	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$150,386	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$223,867	TotalAmt
Management And General	$223,867	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$61,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$61,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$248,317	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$248,317	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,028,159	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,028,159	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,143,879	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,553,802	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$155,065	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$435,012	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,990,236	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,981,558	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,793	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$885	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,828,631	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,163,809	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,369,238	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$295,584	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,125,612	TotalAmt
Program Services	$798,269	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$327,343	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$412,409	TotalAmt
Program Services	$412,409	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,722,666	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,334,098	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$330,370	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$58,198	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,654,014	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,329,066	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$211,495	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$113,453	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,587	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,587	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,255,067	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,061,179	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$137,907	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,981	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$273,641	TotalAmt
Management And General	$273,641	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	UNRELATED BUSINESS INCO	Desc
Total	$364,521	TotalAmt
Management And General	$364,521	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$265,759	TotalAmt
Program Services	$265,759	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$74,463,566	TotalAmt
Program Services	$62,896,342	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,348,435	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,218,789	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$614,911	BOYAmt
EOY	$691,417	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,785,246	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,935,732	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,453,828	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,916,373	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,327,992	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,182,683	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$133,101	BOYAmt
EOY	$134,021	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,101,699	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,685,822	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$436,321,565	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$193,981,638	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$248,393,617	BOYAmt
EOY	$242,339,927	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$195,241,541	BOYAmt
EOY	$96,317,671	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$151,969,276	BOYAmt
EOY	$246,011,471	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,270,351	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,953,043	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$648,291,562	BOYAmt
EOY	$667,168,160	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,373,675	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,343,137	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,632,141	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,530,508	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$167,000,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$166,500,000	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,300,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,800,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,410,230	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,076,329	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$210,716,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$210,249,974	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$244,668,013	BOYAmt
EOY	$230,989,295	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$85,927,043	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,564,329	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$106,980,460	BOYAmt
EOY	$143,364,562	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$437,575,516	BOYAmt
EOY	$456,918,186	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$648,291,562	BOYAmt
EOY	$667,168,160	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$26,043,446	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$6,605,035	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$95,741	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$36,609,705	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$35,500,504	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$23,508,548	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$48,657,237	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$60,529,880	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$204,805,874	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,276,236	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,592,178	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,607,427	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,690,148	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,717,121	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,883,110	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$42,885,941	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$41,092,682	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$29,115,975	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$54,347,385	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$66,247,001	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$233,688,984	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$43,744,589	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$189,944,395	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,024,427	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,707,156	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,300,242	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,055,098	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,818,730	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$20,905,653	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$734,497	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$705,088	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$611,914	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$946,745	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$859,697	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,857,941	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$464,548	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$266,743	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$896,484	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$1,627,775	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$260,080,353	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$127,264,597	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73030	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.81290	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	0	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (1)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (1)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$50	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (1)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$74,845	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	0	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$74,895	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II-B, Line 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE MUSEUM DEVOTED AN INSUBSTANTIAL PART OF ITS ACTIVITIES TO MONITORING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATURES IN AN EFFORT TO FURTHER LEGISLATION WHICH MIGHT BENEFIT THE MUSEUM. IN ADDITION TO MINIMAL EMPLOYEE TIME ALLOCATED TO LOBBYING, A CONSULTANT WAS PAID $60,000 FOR THEIR SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN 2015. THE CONSULTANT PROVIDES STRATEGIC COUNSEL TO THE MUSEUM REGARDING RELATIONS MATTERS AND PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO CARRY OUT GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$0	RevenuesIncludedAmt
Assets Included	$1	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$346,592,799	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$12,782,333	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,678,313	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,787,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,028,159	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$346,238,286	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$341,408,704	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,113,504	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$16,912,794	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,827,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,015,203	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$346,592,799	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$299,203,583	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,398,159	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$51,278,220	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,586,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$885,258	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$341,408,704	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$274,221,882	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,772,738	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$35,343,073	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,300,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$834,110	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$299,203,583	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$300,540,857	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,708,392	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$3,207,966	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$26,000,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$819,401	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$274,221,882	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.56070	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.28700	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.15230	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$307,898,263	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$139,480,089	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$168,418,174	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$102,853,049	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$44,305,784	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$58,547,265	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$25,402,188	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$10,195,765	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$15,206,423	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$168,065	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$168,065	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$242,339,927	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
EQUITY SECURITY FUNDS	$104,163,533	F
FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS	$12,329,712	F
HEDGED EQUITY FUNDS	$50,816,186	F
ABSOLUTE RETURN FUNDS	$76,706,979	F
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	$1,949,767	F
Other funds	$45,294	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$246,011,471	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCRUED PENSION COSTS	$3,013,301
INTEREST RATE SWAP	$21,063,028

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$24,076,329	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$93,302,734	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$6,605,035	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$75,000	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$353,916	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$6,176,119	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$99,478,853	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$1,028,159	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$1,028,159	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$100,507,012	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$73,960,064	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$75,000	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$449,657	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$524,657	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$73,435,407	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,028,159	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,028,159	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$74,463,566	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1a:	THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS ARE COMPRISED OF OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL, CULTURAL OR SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC AND CURATORIAL PURPOSES. EACH OF THE ITEMS IS CATALOGED, PRESERVED AND CARED FOR, AND ACTIVITIES VERIFYING ITS EXISTENCE AND ASSESSING ITS CONDITION ARE PERFORMED CONTINUOUSLY. THE COLLECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A POLICY THAT REQUIRES PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF COLLECTION ITEMS TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE ENDOWMENT, WITH EARNINGS TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE OTHER ITEMS FOR COLLECTIONS OR PROVIDE FOR THE DIRECT CARE OF EXISTING COLLECTIONS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICE GENERALLY FOLLOWED BY MUSEUMS, THE VALUE OF OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTIONS IS EXCLUDED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; COLLECTIONS ARE REFLECTED IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT A NOMINAL VALUE OF $1. SUCH COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED THROUGH PURCHASES AND CONTRIBUTIONS SINCE THE MUSEUM'S INCEPTION. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS DECREASES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ITEMS ARE ACQUIRED, OR AS DECREASES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS ARE RESTRICTED BY DONORS. CONTRIBUTED COLLECTION ITEMS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PROCEEDS FROM DEACCESSIONS OR INSURANCE RECOVERIES ARE REFLECTED AS INCREASES IN NET ASSETS. THERE WERE NO SALES OF COLLECTION ITEMS IN 2015 or 2014.
Part III, Line 4:	The Museum's collections are comprised of artifacts of historical, cultural, or scientific significance. A portion of the collection is featured in the Museum's general collection which is open for public exhibition. The collection is also used for advanced scientific study and scholarly research. Through exhibition and study, the Museum acts as an independent center of learning focused on diversity in the world's physical environments and cultures in furtherance of the organization's exempt purpose.
Part V, Line 4:	The assets of the endowment funds shall be invested to obtain the greatest "total return" commensurate with the risks deemed appropriate pursuant to the provisions of the investment policy. The primary objectives of the management of the endowment funds are to 1) achieve long-term growth through capital appreciation as well as income and 2) preserve the purchasing power of the assets of the endowment fund by obtaining a "real return" equal to or in excess of normal annual spending-endowment withdrawals to support the Museum.
Part X, Line 2:	THE MUSEUM IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND A COMPARABLE STATE OF ILLINOIS STATUTE. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE TAX YEARS ENDED 2012, 2013, 2014 AND 2015 ARE STILL OPEN TO AUDIT FOR BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE PURPOSES. THE MUSEUM HAS A POLICY TO RECORD INTEREST AND PENALTIES (IF ANY) RELATED TO INCOME TAX MATTERS IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE. THE MUSEUM HAS DETERMINED THAT ITS TAX POSITIONS SATISFY THE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT CRITERION. FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014, NO INTEREST AND PENALTIES WERE RECORDED.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	PENSION-RELATED CHANGES OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC PENSION COST -95,741. special events expenses 449,657.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	special events expenses 449,657.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (20 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia & the Pacific	Program Service	Public Programs	$32,633
Europe (Iceland & Greenland)	Program Service	Public Programs	$471,682
Middle East & North Africa	Program Service	Public Programs	$2,193
North America	Program Service	Public Programs	$95,832
East Asia & the Pacific	Program Service	Science & Education	$542,370
Europe (Iceland & Greenland)	Program Service	Science & Education	$208,670
North America	Program Service	Science & Education	$125,864
Russia & Newly Independent States	Program Service	Science & Education	$2,312
South America	Program Service	Science & Education	$141,887
South Asia	Program Service	Science & Education	$15,000
Sub-Saharan Africa	Program Service	Science & Education	$236,512
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments		$112,976,333
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	Stipend for Research	$81,590
South America	Grantmaking	Stipend for Research	$20,660
South Asia	Grantmaking	Stipend for Research	$2,200
Europe (Iceland & Greenland)	Grantmaking	Stipend for Research	$3,350
East Asia & the Pacific	Grantmaking	Stipend for Research	$1,700
Central America and the Caribbean	GrantMaking	Stipend for research	$1,800
Central America and the Caribbean	Program service	Science and Education	$3,353
South Asia	Program Service	Public Program	$260

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$1,481,556	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$113,484,645	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$114,966,201	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Faso,	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	STIPEND FOR RESEARCH	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$79,678	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Assistance	Stipend for research	TypeOfAssistanceTxt
Region	South America	RegionTxt
Recipient	1	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$15,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	wire	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (1)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (1)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (1)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (1)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	STAFF MAKE VISITS TO MONITOR WORK BEING DONE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE GRANTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Marts & Lundy
1200 Wall Street West	Lyndhurst	NJ	07071	Campaign Consultant	0	$45,195,626	$126,443	$45,069,183
Patricia Hurley
205 W Wacker Dr Ste 1400	Chicago	IL	60606	Event Consultant	0	$1,987,540	$65,000	$1,922,540
SD&A
5757 W CENTURY BLVD SUITE 300	los angeles	CA	90045	telemarketing	0	$84,666	$56,874	$27,792

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$47,267,832	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$248,317	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$47,019,515	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	WOMEN'S BOARD GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,987,540	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$1,851,923	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$135,617	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$358,375	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	WOMEN'S BOARD LUNCHEON	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$239,460	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$210,030	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$29,430	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$69,432	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$33,410	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$13,738	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$19,672	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$21,850	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$2,260,410	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$2,075,691	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$184,719	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$449,657	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$449,657	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$264,938	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
STIPENDS FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION	23	$133,922
Stipends for public programs	1	$5,038

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	A DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWS ALL OF THE REQUESTS FOR PAYMENTS AND SIGNS OFF ON THE REQUEST BEFORE PAYMENT IS ISSUED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (1)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (1)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Richard W Lariviere
President + CEO	$586,422	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$111,725	$0	$10,303	$0	$708,450	$0	$0	$0
J W Croft
Executive Vice President	$304,569	$0	$0	$0	$48,515	$0	$19,637	$0	$9,819	$0	$382,540	$0	$48,515	$0
Debra Moskovits
VP, Science and Education	$169,895	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,995	$0	$5,528	$0	$187,418	$0	$0	$0
Raymond DeThorne
Chief Marketing Officer	$203,153	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,437	$0	$211,590	$0	$0	$0
Charles Katzenmeyer
VP, Institutional Advancement	$232,252	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,827	$0	$5,518	$0	$251,597	$0	$0	$0
R L Grande
Distinguished Service Curator	$195,050	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,009	$0	$16,295	$0	$225,354	$0	$0	$0
Olivier Rieppel
Curator	$184,450	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,130	$0	$10,303	$0	$207,883	$0	$0	$0
Gary Feinman
Curator	$159,778	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,381	$0	$10,106	$0	$181,265	$0	$0	$0
Shawn VanDerziel
Chief Human Resources Officer	$163,589	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,547	$0	$5,518	$0	$180,654	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 1a	The President and Executive Vice President received social club dues. The purpose of the social club dues are for business uses related to enteraining guests, fundraising, and networking.
Part I, Lines 4a-b	J.W. CROFT'S 2015 W-2 COMPENSATION INCLUDES $48,515 OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED COMPENSATION. PER THE RETIRING EXCUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION AGREEMENT, POST-EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BEGAN ON 11/1/2015. THIS EXPENSE WAS FULLY ACCRUED AND REPORTED AS DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE PRIOR YEAR'S 990. THE POST-EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION IS IN RECOGNITION OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TO THE MUSEUM. THE ONLY EMPLOYEE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSEUM'S SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN IS RICHARD W. LARIVIERE. (NO DISTRIBUTION WAS MADE, BUT $88,500 WAS ADDED TO THE PLAN)
Part I, Line 7	The compensation committee of the board of trustees reviews the Museum's performance for the prior year and makes a recommendation for a bonus payment for the President.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Illinois Finance Authority	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	861091967	BondIssuerEIN
Bond Issued	2015-07-30	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$88,500,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	Current Refunding	PurposeDesc
Defeased	0	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	0	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Total Proceeds	$88,500,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$341,000	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Other Spent Proceeds	$88,159,000	OtherSpentProceedsAmt
Current Refunding	Yes (1)	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	0	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (1)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (1)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	0	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	Yes (1)	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	Yes (1)	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	0	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (1)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	0	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	Yes (1)	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	Yes (1)	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I (A)(f)	CURRENT REFUNDING OF PRIOR ISSUES ISSUED ON 12/03/1985; 11/08/1990; 4/15/1998; 3/22/2000
PART II LINE 11	PROCEEDS USED BY 9/01/2015 TO CURRENTLY REFUND PRIOR ISSUE BONDS.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (8 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
DOUGLAS P REGAN
TRUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND MIDWEST CHAIRMAN AT JP MORGAN	$3,508,668	JP Morgan provides financial services to the Museum related to the Museum's Outstanding Bonds. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
WILLIAM C KUNKLER III
TRUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND WIFE IS A DIRECTOR AT NORTHERN TRUST.	$533,963	Northern Trust provides financial services to the Field Museum. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
JOHN A CANNING JR
TRUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND BOARD MEMBER AT EXELON	$1,677,416	THE MUSEUM PURCHASES ELECTRICAL SERVICE FROM Constellation New Energy, A Subsidiary of Exelon Corporation. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
Michael O'Grady
TRUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND EXEC VP & GEN COUNS OF NORTHERN TRUST	$533,963	Northern Trust provides financial services to the Field Museum. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
Gregory C Case
trustee of the museum and President/CEO of AON Corporation	$310,421	AON Corporation provides consulting services to the Museum for its retirement benefit program. THe rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
Amy Best
TrUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND BOARD MEMBER AT EXELON	$1,677,416	THE MUSEUM PURCHASES ELECTRICAL SERVICE FROM Constellation New Energy, A SUbsidary of Exelon Corporation. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
John Rowe
TRUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND CHAIRMAN EMERITUS AT EXELON	$1,677,416	THE MUSEUM PURCHASES ELECTRICAL SERVICE and natural gas FROM Constellation New Energy, A SUBSIDIARY OF EXELON CORPORATION. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0
Ruth Ann M Gillis
TrusTEE OF THE MUSEUM AND BOARD MEMBER AT EXELON	$1,677,416	THE MUSEUM PURCHASES ELECTRICAL SERVICE and natural gas FROM Constellation New Energy, A SUBSIDIARY OF EXELON CORPORATION. The rates paid are competitive with market rates.	0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	66	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$7,363,726	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Scientific Specimens ScientificSpecimensGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	347	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$0	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Archaeological Artifacts ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	10	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$0	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 32b:	THE STOCK GIFTS GO INTO THE MUSEUM'S ACCOUNT AT NORTHERN TRUST, AND THEN NORTHERN TRUST SELLS THE STOCK ON BEHALF OF THE MUSEUM THE DAY AFTER THE RECEIPT. NORTHERN TRUST DEPOSITS PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF SECURITIES INTO THE MUSEUM'S ACCOUNT.
Part I, Line 33:	THE MUSEUM DOES NOT REPORT CONTRIBUTIONS OF COLLECTION ITEMS AS REVENUE AS PERMITTED UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. THE MUSEUM DOES NOT CAPITALIZE ITS COLLECTION AS ALLOWED UNDER SFAS 116.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2	BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER JAMEE C. FIELD HAS A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WITH BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER MARSHALL FIELD V. BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER AURIE A. PENNICK HAS A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER MARSHALL FIELD V. BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS JOHN W. ROWE, JOHN A. CANNING JR., AMY BEST, AND RUTH ANN M. GILLIS HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS JOHN W. ROWE, Bobby Mehta, Kermit R. Crawford, AND JUDY GREFFIN HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. Board of Trustees Members William C. Kunkler III and Rober K. Deromedi have a business relationship. Board of Trustees Member Constance T. Keller has a family relationship with Board of Trustees member Jeffrey B. Keller. Board of Trustees Member John A. Canning Jr. has a family relationship with Board of Trustees member John F. Podjasek III.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	THE BOARD RETAINS THE SERVICES OF AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM TO PREPARE THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990. MANAGEMENT REVIEWS THE COMPLETED FORM 990. A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. A FULL COPY OF THE 990 IS THEN PROVIDED TO ALL VOTING MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	THE MUSEUM'S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE ANNUALLY REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AS A CONDITION OF THEIR SERVICE TO THE ORGANIZATION. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE LOGGED WITH AND MONITORED BY THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees is responsible for the approval of compensation of the CEO. The Executive Committee is comprised of independent trustees. The Chair of the Board and Executive Committee established a Compensation Sub-Committee. The Compensation Committee is comprised of six Trustees, each of which is a member of the Executive Committee. The Compensation Committee reviews the CEO's compensation and bonus program and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee for final approval. Executive Committee decisions regarding the CEO's compensation are held in executive session. The compensation arrangements for the CEO are documented via an employment contract and written bonus plan (approved by the Executive Committee). The Chief Human Resources Officer conducts a salary benchmark analysis for officers and key employees with outside consultants and external surveys on a biennial basis; this information is shared with the Compensation Committee and CEO for their review.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	THE MUSEUM'S FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS UPON REQUEST. THE MUSEUM'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR THROUGH REQUEST AT THE MUSUEM'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZATION (AND AT MANAGEMENT'S DISCRETION).
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Scientific Research, CONSERVATION, AND EXHIBITION DESIGN FEES: Program service expenses 7,553,802. Management and general expenses 307,699. Fundraising expenses 435,012. Total expenses 8,296,513. UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAXES: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses -152,634. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses -152,634.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	PENSION-RELATED CHANGES OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC PENSION COST -95,741.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MUSEUM CAMPUS CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60605	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364272361	EIN
Primary Activities	ATTRACT VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM CAMPUS' CENTRALLY LOCATED FACILITIES	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	Line 11a, I	PublicCharityStatusTxt
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd