Off display: As new rules about Native American artifacts go into effect, the Field Museum and others in Illinois must comply

CHICAGO -- If you stop by Chicago's Field Museum right now and find yourself in the Alsdorf Hall of Northwest Coast and Arctic Peoples, or the Robert R. McCormick Halls of the Ancient Americas, you will notice something about the display cases: Several are covered up. That in itself is not unusual — who hasn’t been to a museum and seen a display case displaying nothing? What’s unusual is the ...

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