Originally built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the World's Columbian Exposition, this plaster-clad structure later became the first home of the Field Museum of Natural History. After the museum left in the 1920s, the decayed building was reconstructed of stone for the Museum of Science and Industry. The exterior is an exact copy of the original Beaux-Arts style design, but its interior was remodeled in 1929-33 in the Art Moderne style, under the direction of architect Alfred Shaw.