The Field Museum aims to inspire Chicagoland area teens and pre-teens to explore and protect the natural world. Our youth programs connect them to natural history and world cultures while helping them ...

Discover specimens that are usually under lock and key. Get up close and personal with the Field Museum’s collection. With nearly 40 million items in our collections, less than one percent is on ...

Art and science intersect on the three-foot-tall pages of one of the world’s rarest books. Learn about the life of John James Audubon. Soar through the 12-year process of creating these masterpieces ...

Built in 1881 on Tokomaru Bay, this wharenui (FAH-reh-new-EE) is one of only three such Maori meeting houses now outside of New Zealand. Structural elements of the house form the body of Ruatepupuke ...

Pre-Registered Illinois field trips are FREE everyday of the week! Free Wednesdays are the perfect opportunity for you to explore our basic admission exhibitions with your family or a group of science ...

Herman Strecker was a sculptor who lived in Pennsylvania from 1836 to 1901. Starting as a teenager, he collected and studied butterflies and moths, corresponding and exchanging specimens with other ...

Spend the summer making discoveries at the Field Museum! Field Explorers Summer Camps are perfect for curious minds in grades K-8. Campers get the chance to join museum experts and scientists on ...

What does this recommendation mean for the future of North America’s most beloved butterfly and their protected status in the United States? Left: Graphic courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The Marie Louise Rosenthal Library serves Museum staff, visiting scholars, and the public. The Main Library is located in a non-public area on the Field Museum's third floor. Visitors must request an ...

This website provides maps published in 2000 and 2006 that depict sea level change on the Sunda and Sahul Continental Shelves during the Pleistocene. Copyrights on ...

All exhibitions will be open. Space is limited; reservations are required. The Field Museum will close at 4pm (last entry at 3pm) and reopen for the event at 5pm.