Young visitors and a museum educator examine a teaching specimen together in the Grainger Science Hub

A Day in the Life of a Pathologist: The Science That Shapes Health

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Poetry Pop-up: Pokémonetry

Poetry Pop-up: Poetic Mechanics

A group gathers at the corner of a diorama case. One man sits a desk with a typerwriter. He looks up to a family of three standing over him. The man in the middle stands with arms around the other two individuals. Both are smiling down at the man seated at the desk. A black box with a glass front holds a rock specimen and is propped up against the leg of the desk.

Poetry Pop-Up

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Poetry Pop-up: Poets in the Field

(left) Cover of ¡Tocamos! © 2025 Lee & Low Books. (right) Author Cynthia Weill. Image courtesy of the author.

¡Tocamos! A Mexican & American Picture Book and Artisanal Collaboration

Field Trip 577 (Johnston 2020)

Engaging Students Through Asian Popular Culture and Inquiry

In addition to needing milkweed early in life, monarch butterflies rely on other native plants like blazing star for nectar. This gives them the energy to continue their migration.

Sueños de una Monarca Documentary Showing

PlayLab PlayDate: Pride Month & Stonewall Day Storytime and Craft

Educator Open House

PlayLab PlayDate: Fossil Fun Fest

Pinned, Preserved, and Powerful: How Collections Help Us Do Science

Rice Native Gardens

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Drawing Inspiration: Art in the Gardens 

Poetry Pop-up: On the Wings of Pterosaurs

Poetry Pop-up: Animal Theater

PlayLab PlayDate: Pollinator Week Storytime with Chicago Public Library

Adult monarch butterflies can be spotted around the garden in the summer. In addition to milkweed, they eat the nectar of flowers like coneflower, or Echinacea. 

PlayLab PlayDate: Pollinator Week Storytime with the Field Museum Science Action Center

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PlayLab PlayDate: Mother's Day Storytime & Craft

PlayLab PlayDate: Father's Day Storytime & Craft

PlayLab PlayDate: Women's History Month Storytime

PlayLab PlayDate: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Storytime with Chicago Public Library

PlayLab PlayDate: Mexican Folk Art Storytime with Author Cynthia Weill

The Juneteenth flag hanging from a balcony at the Field Museum of Natural History

PlayLab PlayDate: Juneteenth Celebration

Dozin' with the Dinos 

Field Museum Gala

PlayLab PlayDate: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Storytime 

PlayLab PlayDate: Jewish American Heritage Month Storytime

Focus: Meteorites

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PlayLab PlayDate: May the Fourth Space Rocks Celebration

Field Favorites in ASL 

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Dinopalooza

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Field Associates Brunch Cruise

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Itty Bitty Investigators

Meet a Scientist

Rugao Puppet Art Troupe Performance

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Poetry Pop-up

Dino or DiNOT Virtual Tour for Classrooms

Educator Virtual Professional Development Series

Africa Fashion Artist Workshops

Chicago's African Fashion on the Runway

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NSF STEM Day

AWE Festival Chicago: Gateway

Last Call

Paul Mayer identifying fossils at 2018 Fossil ID Day.

ID Day

Deck the Dinos!

Visitors interact with museum staff during an event

Member Morning Discovery

Spooktacular Science: Members Halloween Lounge

Members Early Access

Pollinator Week in the PlayLab

Teacher Appreciation Week

Filipinos in Alliance Performance

Lunar New Year Celebration at the Field Museum

Chinese Culture Day

Jewish American Heritage Month 

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Excavator Pikachu

Pokémon Fossil Museum Programming

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Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

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Exhibition Tours for People with Learning, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities

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Summer of SUE

Your Guide to Spring Break 2025

Carl Akeley’s winter scene from the iconic diorama, Four Seasons of the White-tailed Deer

Must-See Selfie Spots other than SUE

Rewriting The Birds Tree of Life

ECCo and Community Partners Host Environmental Celebration at Beaubien Woods

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Chicago Community Climate Action Toolkit Profile: Bronzeville

ECCo Staff Help Bring Rare Plant Monitoring Program to Calumet

Visitor Services

View of the circular interior of the Pawnee Earth Lodge, with various replica objects displayed around the circular hearth in the center and on the walls.

Pawnee Earth Lodge

Grainger Science Hub

Kids in the PlayLab make music (or joyful noise) with instruments from around the world.

Crown Family PlayLab

VR Transporter at the Field Museum

Drop in the Ocean

Field Museum Announces Black History Month Programs

Women’s History Month at Field Museum Highlights Variety of Research

Field Museum celebrates the cicada emergence with insect-pinning classes, Meet a Scientist events, and a bug-inspired meal at Big Star

Blood is the main ingredient in new Field Museum partnership with local chefs

Field Museum Announces Free Admission Wednesdays for Illinois Residents

The world’s largest predatory dinosaur, and a Dino Fest to celebrate it, are coming to the Field Museum

Field Museum celebrates Latinx Heritage Month with kick-off event on September 14

Field Museum Introduces “Sobek” the Spinosaurus after public vote— come celebrate on a river boat tour

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Your Guide to Spring Break 2025

Must-See Selfie Spots other than SUE

Rewriting The Birds Tree of Life

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Field Museum Announces Black History Month Programs

Women’s History Month at Field Museum Highlights Variety of Research

Field Museum celebrates the cicada emergence with insect-pinning classes, Meet a Scientist events, and a bug-inspired meal at Big Star

Blood is the main ingredient in new Field Museum partnership with local chefs

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