Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. The A. Watson Armour III Seminar Series is a weekly seminar highlighting the ...

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. This week's session, Christopher Shaffer, will discuss Indigenous Conservation ...

The Field Ambassador program is a professional community through which Chicago-area educators receive on-going professional development on the Museum’s resources—our exhibitions, collections, ...

The Field Museum Cultural Teaching Fellowship is a Professional Learning Community through which Chicago-area educators receive ongoing professional development specifically related to the Museum’s ...

The Field Museum will be closed on Thursday, October 9, 2025 for a Staff Wellness Day. We are encouraging our staff to take ...

Carving of a mythological bird figure hints at origins of ancient religion Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

which could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived when all the other dinosaurs died Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

What was once known as the nine-banded armadillo is actually four different species Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Seriously, it’s going to be sweet. All right, mammals. At noon on February 5th, 2018, The Field Museum will begin removing me, SUE the T. rex, from Stanley Field Hall. I will be moving upstairs to a ...

Twenty-foot-long specimens described as separate species from their cousins, named after mythology’s Hydra Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

The titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum is a big deal—literally, the biggest dinosaur that scientists have discovered to date. This long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur lived over 100 million years ago in ...