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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV
Hell I work a few blocks away from the Oriental Institute and I've never gone there...
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I believe it's the first institution in the US solely dedicated solely to the study of the ancient near east (i.e. Middle East) and Egypt. It's not a huge museum by physical area but there's a TON of stuff and information in there. You can certainly see it in a day but if you are one to read anything and everything in a historical museum, then it might be overload for trying to fit everything in a few hours TBH.
Surely underrated though - somehow it's not a well known place to the general public.