FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (EIN 36-2167011)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-11-09
IRS object ID: 201103139349301320
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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
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Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-11-09T09:31:53-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	175 W JACKSON BLVD STE 2000	AddressLine1
City	CHICAGO	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60604	ZIPCode

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Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN	362167011	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Field Museum of Natural History	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FIEL	NameControl
Phone	3129229410	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 South Lake Shore Drive	AddressLine1
City	Chicago	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	606052496	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JW CROFT	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE VP	Title
Date Signed	2011-11-08	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3128560200	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer Person	JOHN MCCARTER JR	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

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Total Nbr Volunteers	596	TotalNbrVolunteers
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	364282568	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	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.	MissionDescription
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Description	Research and Collections: The Museum's collections are the essence of the Museum. They trace the history of the earth from its formation through the evolutionary waves of plant and animal life to the development and expression of diverse human cultures. The collections amount to nearly 24,000,000 natural objects and man-made artifacts.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

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Expense	18751546	Expense
Grants	5000	Grants
Revenue	13266644	Revenue
Description	Public Programs: The Museum devotes more than half of its total 1,300,000 square feet of space to exhibitions and other public programs.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

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Expense	5494623	Expense
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Revenue	0	Revenue
Description	Museum Services: Museum Services provide support and maintenance for the public programs.	Description

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JOHN A CANNING JR
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WILBUR H GANTZ III
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R ROCKWELL WIRTZ
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RL GRANDE
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LAURA SADLER
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195 Broadway 29th floor	NEW YORK	NY	10007	ADVERTISING	2023602
Riddiford Roofing Company
2333 Hamilton Road	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS	IL	60005	CONSTRUCTION	1286648
Manifest Solutions LLC
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DDB
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Kroeschell Engineering Co
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Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	51095940	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	46751552	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	4344388	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4344388	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4,344,388	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	226130	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	1374599	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	447354	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-221224	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$221,224	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	4666510	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	1788018	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2878492	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2295164	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	583328	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue	ExclusionExclusionAmount
SPECIAL EVENTS COMMISSIONS	900099	1436406	1436406
MISCELLANEOUS	900099	54626		$54,626
PARKING, TOURS, AND VENDING COMMISSIONS	900099	303764		$303,764

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1794796	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	60796939	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	21134125	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	2367538	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$8,476,172	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93764	Total
Program Services	93764	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	251028	Total
Program Services	251028	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	91419	Total
Program Services	91419	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1267932	Total
Program Services	430336	ProgramServices
Management And General	440226	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	397370	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20489345	Total
Program Services	17884561	ProgramServices
Management And General	881153	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1723631	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1331767	Total
Program Services	1148329	ProgramServices
Management And General	155231	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	28207	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5333220	Total
Program Services	4315330	ProgramServices
Management And General	472574	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	545316	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1917374	Total
Program Services	1653275	ProgramServices
Management And General	223489	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	40610	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	284747	Total
Program Services	3180	ProgramServices
Management And General	276885	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4682	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	173956	Total
Management And General	173956	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	60000	Total
Management And General	60000	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	69306	Total
Fundraising	69306	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	752968	Total
Management And General	752968	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8228332	Total
Program Services	7479646	ProgramServices
Management And General	373333	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	375353	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3346098	Total
Program Services	3346098	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6040483	Total
Program Services	3654849	ProgramServices
Management And General	2066571	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	319063	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	586470	Total
Program Services	488907	ProgramServices
Management And General	97563	ManagementAndGeneral

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	215474	Total
Program Services	215474	ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9623121	Total
Program Services	8453840	ProgramServices
Management And General	1103370	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	65911	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3218310	Total
Program Services	2925796	ProgramServices
Management And General	267225	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	25289	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	36263	Total
Management And General	36263	ManagementAndGeneral

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11576605	Total
Program Services	11322392	ProgramServices
Management And General	163638	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	90575	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	245462	Total
Management And General	245462	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX	511967	511967
AMORTIZATION	72106	8292	63237	577

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	75817517	Total
Program Services	63821461	ProgramServices
Management And General	8310166	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3685890	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	521633	BOY
EOY	1194750	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15318350	BOY
EOY	7219215	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4309240	BOY
EOY	3151201	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1576058	BOY
EOY	1546856	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	399024161	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	134105042	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	269118729	BOY
EOY	264919119	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	177371714	BOY
EOY	179769177	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	109371932	BOY
EOY	130790013	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5886978	BOY
EOY	5168336	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	583474634	BOY
EOY	593758667	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6783227	BOY
EOY	6811144	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6481201	BOY
EOY	5855220	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	179000000	BOY
EOY	179000000	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7600000	BOY
EOY	8900000	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25193862	BOY
EOY	28909735	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	225058290	BOY
EOY	229476099	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	224063688	BOY
EOY	226401086	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	70667379	BOY
EOY	71028387	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	63685277	BOY
EOY	66853095	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	358416344	BOY
EOY	364282568	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	583474634	BOY
EOY	593758667	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-15020578	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	20886802	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	46580058	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	29226135	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	51103618	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	31207714	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	25679446	CurrentTaxYear
Total	183796971	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	6954368	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	6108327	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7011000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	6238468	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5853762	CurrentTaxYear
Total	32165925	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	53534426	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	35334462	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	58114618	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	37446182	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	31533208	CurrentTaxYear
Total	215962896	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	17604766	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	198358130	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3937358	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4868894	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4697800	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	6006331	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3624304	CurrentTaxYear
Total	23134687	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	259082	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	185483	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	153781	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	660376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	723912	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1982634	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	814849	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	584520	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1399369	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	242479586	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	105083323	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.81804	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.76131	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbying
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbying
Total Lobbying Expenditures		TotalLobbyingExpenditures
Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures		OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures
Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures		TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures
Lobbying Nontaxable		LobbyingNontaxableAmount
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableAmount
Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx		TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx
Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx		TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	true	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	true	OtherActivities
Other Activities	$103,720	OtherActivitiesAmount
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	103720	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	LOBBYING ACTIVITIES	Identifier
Return Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE C, LINE 1(B)&1(G)	ReturnReference
Explanation	The Museum devoted an insubstantial part of its activities to monitoring and communicating with federal and state legislatures in an effort to further legislation that might benefit the Museum. In 2010, the Museum allocated $43,720 of employee wages to lobbying activities. The Museum paid a consulting firm, Metcalf Federal Relations, $60,000 for services rendered in support of lobbying activities in 2010. Metcalf Federal Relations provides strategic counsel to the Museum regarding relations matters and provides professional staff to carry out government functions in Washington, D.C.	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art Amts		HeldWorksOfArtAmts
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Scholar Research	X	CollectUsedForScholarResearch
Collect Used For Preservation	X	CollectUsedForPreservation
Collect Used For Loan Or Exch Prgrms	X	CollectUsedForLoanOrExchPrgrms
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	275936197	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	6908166	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	32449462	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	14000000	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	752968	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	300540857	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	225214934	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	3787092	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	59646630	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	12000000	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	712459	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	275936197	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus2 Years		CurrentYearMinus2Years
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.65250	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.21390	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.13360	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Land		Land

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	288645893	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	81230932	Depreciation
Book Value	207414961	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	92628235	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	40601125	Depreciation
Book Value	52027110	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	15193356	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	12272985	Depreciation
Book Value	2920371	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2556677	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	2556677	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	264919119	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivatives
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterests

Other Securities OtherSecurities (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue
EQUITY SECURITIES FUNDS	2775031
FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS	18641519
HEDGED EQUITY FUNDS	34391488
ABSOLUTE RETURN FUNDS	72674520
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	2307455

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	130790013	TotalOfBookValueSecurities
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION	$8,950,389
ACCRUED PENSION COSTS	$7,828,851
INTEREST RATE SWAP	$12,130,495

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	28909735	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	60796939	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	75817517	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-15020578	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	20795323	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Donated Services And Facilities	155154	DonatedServicesAndFacilities
Other	-$63,676	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	20886801	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	5866223	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	84441578	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	20795323	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	155154	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues	3447130	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	24397607	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	60043971	RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included	752968	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	752968	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	60796939	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	78575354	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	3510805	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	3510805	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	75064549	ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included2	752968	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	752968	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	75817517	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
COLLECTIONS NOT REPORTED ON BOOK	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 1A	The Museum's collections are made up of objects of historical, cultural, or scientific significance that are held for educational, research, scientific, and curatorial purposes. Each of the items is catalogued, 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 2010 and 2009.
COLLECTIONS OF ART	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART III, LINE 4	The museums collections are made up of artifacts of historical, cultural, or scientific significance. Much of the collection is featured in the museums 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 worlds physical environments and cultures in furtherance of the organizations exempt purpose.
ENDOWMENT FUNDS	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART V, LINE 4	The Museum's endowment is intended to support the Museum's primary exempt mission of educating the public. Endowment funds may be used to purchase new art objects, artifacts, exhibits and other historical and cultural treasures. Endowment funds may also be used to fund the day-to-day operations of the Museum as needed. The Museum intends that the endowment's principal shall remain untouched, while the endowment's earnings may be expended to further the above objectives.
FIN 48	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2	In July 2006, the financial accounting standards board (FASB) issued FASB interpretation No.48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity's financial statement in accordance with FASB statement NO. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. The Museum adopted FIN 48 for the year ended December 31, 2007. The adoption had no impact on the financial statements for the open tax years 2010, 2009 or 2008.
Reconciliation of change in net assets from 990 to AFS	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 8	PENSION RELATED CHANGES OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC PENSION COSTS ($170,832) COST OF GOODS SOLD $107,156 ------------ TOTAL ($ 63,676)
Other revenue included on books but not on return	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 2D	SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSE $ 447,354 COST OF GOODS SOLD $1,788,018 Space Rental Expenses $1,211,758 ----------- TOTAL $3,447,130
OTHER EXPENSES INCLUDED ON BOOKS BUT NOT ON RETURN	FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XIII, LINE 2D	SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSE $ 447,354 COST OF GOODS SOLD $1,788,018 Space Rental Expenses $1,104,602 Pension Costs $ 170,831 ----------- TOTAL $3,510,805

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	true	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (23 entries)

RegionRegion	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
Central America and the Caribbean	Program Services	Collections & Research	3621
Central America and the Caribbean	Program Services	Public Programs	4438
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services	Collections & Research	72804
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services	Public Programs	1864
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Collections & Research	106225
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Public Programs	6101
Middle East and North Africa	Program Services	Collections & Research	655
Middle East and North Africa	Program Services	Public Programs	3047
North America	Program Services	Collections & Research	36664
North America	Program Services	Public Programs	4795
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Program Services	Collections & Research	5986
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Program Services	Public Programs	748
South America	Program Services	Collections & Research	1507320
South Asia	Program Services	Collections & Research	2431
South Asia	Program Services	Public Programs	2110
Sub-Saharan Africa	Program Services	Collections & Research	204428
East Asia and the Pacific	Grantmaking	Research & Education	7072
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grantmaking	Research & Education	8900
Russia and the Newly Independent States	Grantmaking	Research & Education	1520
South America	Grantmaking	Research & Education	24060
South Asia	Grantmaking	Research & Education	1500
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grantmaking	Research & Education	48367
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments		100191487

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	0	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	0	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Cont Number Of Offices	0	ContNumberOfOffices
Cont Number Of Employees	0	ContNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	0	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	1970309	SubtotalAmountSpent
Cont Amount Spent	100275834	ContAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	102246143	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Ind Outside US GrantsToIndOutsideUS (8 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistance	RegionRegion	Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Stipend for Research and Education	East Asia/Pacific	3	7072	Check	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	Europe/Iceland/Greenland	6	8900	Check	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	South America	1	430	EFT or Wire	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	South America	6	23630	Check	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	South Asia	1	1500	Check	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	Sub-Saharan Africa	1	4450	Check	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	Sub-Saharan Africa	6	41867	EFT or Wire	FMV
Stipend for Research and Education	Russia	1	1520	Check	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	false	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES	Identifier
Return Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	Staff make visits to monitor work being done outside the United States and report on the status of the grants.	Explanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfGovtGrants
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Individual	SDA TELESERVICES	NameOfIndividual
Activity	TELEPHONE SOLICITING	Activity
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFunds
Gross Receipts	130818	GrossReceipts
Amount Retained By Contractor	71151	AmountRetainedByContractor
Net To Organization	59667	NetToOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	130818	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	71151	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	59667	TotalNetToOrganization
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStates

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Womens Board	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	1307260	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	1152060	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	155200	GrossRevenueEvent1
Entertainment Event1	185	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	359633	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	PLC	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	293469	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event2	222539	CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	70930	GrossRevenueEvent2
Food And Beverage Event2	32045	FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Entertainment Event2	38005	EntertainmentEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	17486	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events	0	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	1600729	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	1374599	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	226130	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	32045	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	38190	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	377119	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	447354	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-221224	NetIncomeSummary

Form990 Schedule G Part IV Form990ScheduleGPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Fundraising Agreements	Identifier
Return Reference	Form 990, Section G, Part I, Line 2b	ReturnReference
Explanation	The Field Museum contracts with SD&A to do the following: Design telemarketing program; write basic scripts and send to the Museum for approval; train callers on program; call prospects / donors for solicitation / renewal gifts; perform quality control monitoring on calls as they occur, transmit to the Museum a "daily report" with a recap of previous days calling, contribution collection and credit cards to be processed; send prospects / donors pledge forms for fulfillment as well as follow up forms for non-payment with payments going to the Museum; provide a program recap and final report; send weekly invoices for services. The Field Museum is in control of contributions that are raised through SD&A's fundraising services, the telemarketing firm does not directly collect funds or process credit cards. SD&A is responsible for mailing all pledge forms and invoices.	Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
University of Illinois
601 S MORGAN	CHICAGO	IL	60607	376000511	501(c)(3)	25280	FMV	Collections/Research
The University of Chicago
5801 S ELLIS AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	362177139	501(c)(3)	46625	FMV	Collections/Research
Liparini Restoration Studio Litas
823 Main	Evanston	IL	60202	912196671	501(c)(3)	12000	FMV	Collections/Research

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	3	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (2 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrant	Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Stipend for Research and Collections	99	246028	FMV
Stipends for Public Programs	8	5000	FMV

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	GRANT MONITORING	Identifier
Return Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	A department administrator reviews all of the requests for payments and signs off on the request before payment is issued.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	X	ClubDuesOrFees
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	true	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	true	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	true	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (9 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
JOHN W MCCARTER JR
450000	0	0	0	58932	0	23324	0	0	0	532256	0	46932	0
J W CROFT
297396	0	0	0	0	0	20765	0	0	0	318161	0	0	0
RL GRANDE
187410	0	0	0	0	0	19907	0	0	0	207317	0	0	0
LAURA SADLER
185604	0	0	0	0	0	15723	0	0	0	201327	0	0	0
SHEILA CAWLEY
170131	0	0	0	0	0	18172	0	0	0	188303	0	0	0
ROBERT MARTIN
203141	0	0	0	0	0	19424	0	0	0	222565	0	0	0
OLIVIER RIEPPEL
170084	0	0	0	0	0	15023	0	0	0	185107	0	0	0
JOSEPH BRENNAN
170634	0	0	0	0	0	18195	0	0	0	188829	0	0	0
DAVID FOSTER
91780	0	0	0	82343	0	11394	0	0	0	185517	0	0	0

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Additional Items	FORM 990, Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a	The President and Executive Vice President received social club dues. The purpose of the social dues are for business purposes relating to entertaining guests, fundraising and networking.
Severance Payment	FORM 990, Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a	David Foster received a severance payment of $82,343.
Supplemental Nonqualified Retirement Plan	FORM 990, Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b	The only Museum employee to participate in the Museum's supplemental nonqualified retirement plan is John W. McCarter, Jr. Mr. McCarter received a distribution of $46,932 from the nonqualified retirement plan in calendar year 2010.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
John Rowe
Trustee	1929670	Electrical Service	false
Kelly R Welsh
Trustee	788367	Letter and Line of Credit	false

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Business Transactions involving interested persons	Identifier
Return Reference	FORM 990, SCHEDULE L, PART IV	ReturnReference
Explanation	John Rowe, Trustee of the Museum, is Chairman and CEO of Exelon Corporation. The Museum purchases electrical service from Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation. The Museum paid $1,929,670 to Exelon for utilities services in calendar year 2010. Kelly R. Welsh, Trustee of the Museum, is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Northern Trust. The Museum paid Northern Trust $676,059 in fees for its letter and line of credit; additionally, Northern Trust was paid $112,308 for services it rendered as custodian of the Museum's endowment.	Explanation

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArt
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasures
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterest
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublications
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoods
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehicles
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanes
Intellectual Property		IntellectualProperty

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	53	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	1350194	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStock

Securities Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts SecuritiesPrtnrshpTrustIntrsts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	547455	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneous
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStruct
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOther
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidential
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercial
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOther
Collectibles		Collectibles
Food Inventory		FoodInventory
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSupplies
Taxidermy		Taxidermy

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifacts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	330	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	0	NoncashContribsRptdF990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimens
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifacts

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Description	Airline Miles	Description
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	96288	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	Cost/Selling Price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of8283 Received	1	NumberOf8283Received
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	true	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	true	ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Third Party	Form 990, schedule M, Part I, Line 32a	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 receipt. Northern Trust deposits proceeds from the sale of securities into the museum's account.
Revenue not reported on Schedule M	FORM 990, SCHEDULE M, 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

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Other Program Service Accomplishments	FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D	Institutional Advancement, Public Services, Business Enterprises, Education and Library.
Relationships between board members	Form 990, Part VI, section A, line 2	Board of Trustees Member, John Canning, has a business relationship with Board of Trustees Member, John Rowe. Board of Trustees Member, Jamee C. Field, has a family relationship with Board of Trustees Member, Marshall Field. Board of Trustees Member, J. Erik Fyrwald, has a business relationship with Board of Trustees Member, Randolph R. Kurtz. Board of Trustees Members Wilbur H. Gantz, John McCarter and Richard Keyser have a business relationship. Board of Trustees Member, Aurie A. Pennick, has a business relationship with Board of Trustees Members Marshall Field and Judy Block. Board of Trustees Member, J.B. Pritzker, has a business relationship with Board of Trustees Member Michael Ferro.
Review of 990	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 and provides a full copy to all voting members of the governing body prior to filing. The governing body is provided a reasonable amount of time to review the return and ask any questions directly to the Organization's management or to contact the independent CPA firm prior to filing.
Conflict of Interest Policy	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.
Compensation Policy	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	The Executive Committee is responsible for the approval of compensation. The Executive Committee is comprised of independent trustees. The Committee uses salary data from comparable institutions, updated annually, to help determine compensation of the CEO and other officers. Compensation deliberations take place in executive session without any staff present. The compensation arrangements are documented via executed employment contracts. The Museum undertakes the same compensation process for all other officers or key employees of the Museum.
Forms Available for Public Inspection	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	The Museum's Form 990 is available at the organization's principle place of business upon request. The Museum's governing documents and financial statements are available through applicable governmental agencies or through request at the Museum's principal place of business. The conflict of interest policy is available upon written request to the organization (and at management's discretion).
Other Changes in Net Assets	Form 990, Part XI, Line 5	NET UNREALIZED GAINS $20,795,323 DONATED SERVICES $ 155,154 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS $ 8,920 PENSIONS COSTS ($ 170,832) ________________ TOTAL $20,788,564

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Museum Campus Corporation	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	CHICAGO	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60605	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364272361	EIN
Primary Activities	ATTRACT VISIT	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501(C)(3)	ExemptCodeSection
Public Charity Status	7	PublicCharityStatus

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	false	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg