Designed for children between two and six years old, the Crown Family PlayLab is an interactive, hands-on space that makes learning an adventure. Early learners are invited to explore world cultures ...

Explore the concept of race through sculpture. In the early 1930s, the Field Museum commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to create bronze sculptures for an exhibition called The Races of Mankind.

In 2005, the 186,000 square foot Collections Resource Center was opened as a new facility for the storage of the Museum’s vast collections. This new state-of-the-art facility was built on site, ...

Bring the Field Museum’s learning resources to your school or home to support learners engaging with science, nature, and world cultures. The lesson plans and activities draw from our collections, ...

Whether you’re throwing a micro wedding or planning a corporate private event, choose the Field Museum for an unforgettable experience at a historic venue. From outdoor terraces and spacious Stanley ...

Learn from the past to enable a brighter future. Field Museum scientists get their hands dirty and their feet wet in service of conserving the natural world, promoting cultural understanding, and ...

Carl Akeley, widely considered “the Father of Modern Taxidermy,” was not only a taxidermist, but also a naturalist, sculptor, writer and inventor. Over his long career he worked for several different ...

Explore cultures present and past, find the latest scientific discoveries, and travel the world right here in Chicago.

SUE is the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. Find out more about what we can learn from an animal's life by looking at their fossils by interacting with the model on ...

A visitor favorite since the museum opened in 1921, the Grainger Hall of Gems has a history older than the Field Museum itself. At the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, Tiffany & Co.’s gem collection ...

Although treatment of an object may sometimes be necessary, treatment alone is not sufficient to preserve collections for future. Objects inevitably deteriorate, but our objective as preservers of ...

We know monarch butterflies for their striking orange and black wings and impressive migratory journey from Canada to Mexico. They also play an important role as pollinators in ecosystems. But monarch ...