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Two visitors observe a model of a ship in a glass case in a darkened gallery.

Adults and children bundled up in hats and gloves harvest seeds in the Rice Native Gardens outside the Field Museum in late autumn.

Four people sit at separate microscopes, inspecting and cleaning different fossils in a busy lab.

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Visitors inside the Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories exhibition look up at an exhibit. Both visitors are wearing medical face masks. One sits in a wheelchair.

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Friday, April 17
Included with admission
11:00 AM CDT to Apr 17, 1:00 PM
FEARLESS Longevity: Secrets to Living Longer & ThrivingExplore the intersection of human longevity, cultural practice, and nutrition science.
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Saturday, April 18
Included with admission
10:30 AM CDT to Apr 18, 12:00 PM
PlayLab PlayDate: Coast Salish Woolly Dogs Story Telling and Weaving
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Monday, April 20
Free, registration required
6:00 PM CDT to Apr 20, 7:30 PM
Aloha Everything: Bringing Hawaiian Ecology, Culture, and History into the ClassroomDuring this virtual panel discussion, we will hear from the author of Aloha Everything and educators will learn how to use the picture book in interdisciplinary ways and hear about Field Museum AANHPI resources.

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Simply one of the best natural history museums anywhere.
– Michael B.

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Whether you’re an expert or just a casual enthusiast, there’s something for everyone here.
– David

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You get to get up close to all of the exhibits, which is super cool for kids and adults.
– Danielle R.

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The upper level is great, and the dinosaur and China exhibits were particular standouts.
– Tanner C.

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The museum is full of amazing facts and provides a fantastic educational experience.
– Ram R.

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The amount of beautiful taxidermy is insane and I had the time of my life.
– JC

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A view of cases in the Regenstein Halls of the Pacific. Various objects are arranged in cases. A large pillar with "Vanuatu" printed across the top is visible to the left.

Regenstein Halls of the Pacific

A three-quarter view of the front of the Maori Meeting HouseCarvings decorate the house’s walls and beams. At the apex of the gabled roof are two carved faces. One is Ruatepupuke, for whom this house is named.

Maori Meeting House Ruatepupuke II

Looking from the upper level mezzanine at the museum's main hall. Visible are a large dinosaur fossil, taxidermied elephants and seating for the restaurant.

Searle Family Lounge

SUE stands proudly in their suite located in the Field Museum’s Evolving Planet exhibition. An animated forest is visible in the background.

Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet & SUE the T. rex

A visitor takes a close look at a fossilized skull. He stands beside the skull, between a row shelves containing other fossil specimens in the Field Museum's collection.

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Our scientists at work

A woman sits at a long table examining with small specimens.

Ancient burial practices and DNA research reveal that family goes beyond genetic relatedness

(Left) Graphic panel and a woven basket in a glass case from the Woolly Dogs exhibit.(Right) Eliot White-Hill Kwulasultun, co-curator of Woolly Dogs.

Gone, but not forgotten: How an extinct dog breed still lives on through memory and tradition in Coast Salish communities

Left: wide open plaza and avenues in the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan, a society in which people had more voice. Right: a carved stone stela with a depiction of a ruler at Copán (a Maya city in what is now Honduras), which had a more autocratic form of governance.

New study shows democracy has deep global roots—not just Greece and Rome

Illustration showing Tanyka amnicola in life, eating underwater plants.

This ancient plant-eater had a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth

The North Entrance of the Field Museum on a clear, sunny day. Banners between the Museum’s columns advertise the Máximo the Titanosaur exhibition.

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