Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. This session features Brian Weeks, School for Environment and Sustainability, ...

In the early 1930s, the Field Museum commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to create bronze sculptures for an exhibition called The Races of Mankind. Hoffman, who trained under Auguste Rodin, traveled ...

The Ronald and Christina Gidwitz Hall of Birds is a window into our collective ornithological obsession. Digital rails display new science alongside traditional taxidermy. Interactive displays offer ...

Field Museum scientists get their hands dirty and their feet wet in service of conserving the natural world, promoting cultural understanding, and learning more about life on earth. In the Abbott Hall ...

Pass under the shadows of giant sea creatures and explore the colors, shapes, and sounds that make up the animal kingdom. Meet mollusks hiding two skeletons and a frog that looks more foliage. From ...

The specimens you see behind the glass in Plants of the World are meticulous, lifelike recreations of their natural counterparts. The hall opened in 1983 with 300 plants—representing nearly a third of ...

Despite our planet’s astounding biodiversity, all life on Earth has one thing in common: DNA. It contains the genetic keys to development and reproduction, from microscopic bacteria to plants, fungi, ...

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

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. This week Dr. John Maerz Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, ...

Hear from Native American and Indigenous people as they tell their own stories—through words, music, dance, and art. Understand the historical significance of items in the Field’s collection, like ...

Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Museum is located at: 1400 S. Dusable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 ...