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Chicago Art Institute's lions head for a steam and a wax, Field Museum dinosaur goes to the dumpster

The bronze statues were made in 1893 by Edward Kemeys.

CHICAGO — The lions are headed to the spa. The dinosaur went to the dumpster. It’s been a hectic week for iconic animals in Chicago.

Conservators lifted the Chicago Art Institute’s famous Michigan Avenue lions from their plinths and loaded them onto a truck for planned maintenance Tuesday morning. And closer to Lake Michigan,

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