All living things—including you!—contain remarkable feats of engineering. Investigate nature’s mechanical marvels in The Machine Inside: Biomechanics. You’ll uncover surprising strengths and hidden ...

Let your poems soar with our pterosaurs. Eric will be on the upper level near the perching quetzalcoatlus replica. Imagine what it would feel like to stand next to a T. rex. Ponder what flowers ...

Field Museum herpetologist, Sara Ruane, focus of fifth installment of series Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Museum open daily, 9am-5pm, last entry 4pm. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

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 ...

You don't need to leave Chicago to explore the world. At the Field Museum, you can experience 4.5+ billion years of history and more than 40 million specimens and cultural items under one roof!

In the Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet, get to know the many creatures that have roamed the earth throughout history, from single-celled organisms to our extended human family. Experience a variety ...

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 ...

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 ...