Ready to explore the museum? Fuel your passion for discovery with dinosaurs, ancient objects, cultural insights, and groundbreaking science. Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on ...

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. Please join us as Rudolf Meier presents the talk Digitally Native Species Discovery: ...

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. Please join us as Frank Burbrink from AMNH presents the talk Speciation and the ...

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. Please join us as Ignacio Escalante from the Department of Biological Sciences at ...

Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. Please join us as Yaquan Chang from ETH Zurich presents the talk Tectono-Geomorphic ...

For 74 years, our members have had the rare chance to go behind the scenes, meet real scientists, and explore the museum like never before–and this year will be no exception! What’s in Store? Get up ...

Our scientific staff is engaged in many special projects and conferences related to their areas of research. Explore the sampling at right to find deep scientific information about topics ranging from ...

The Photography Department serves as an important service to The Field Museum's exhibits and research, and increases the accessibility of the artifacts and specimens. The Photography Department ...

Lithouva - the earliest fossil grape from the Western Hemisphere, ~60 million years old from Colombia. Top figure shows fossil accompanied with CT scan reconstruction. Bottom shows artist ...

Left: Feathers from a baby bird that lived 99 million years ago, preserved in amber. Photo by Shundong Bi. Right: Illustration of what a newly hatched Enantiornithine bird may have looked like. Every ...

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 ...

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 ...