The Changing Face of Science: Jingmai O'Connor
Engage with the captivating stories of women and people of color in science and find inspiration for your own exploration. Discover how diverse perspectives, identities, and backgrounds uniquely contribute to scientific advancement.
Exhibition Summary
Included with General Admission
Closed Jun 23, 2024
All ages
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Challenge your understanding of what a scientist looks like.
Meet Jingmai O’Connor, punk-rock paleontologist and the Field Museum’s Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles— aka the dinosaur curator. Come along on Jingmai's journey to learn how her interest in science began, see real fossils unearthed by Jingmai, and visit her fossil prep workspace. Discover the ways personal passions can overlap with science to create your own path toward becoming a scientist.
Jingmai's show took place from August 4, 2023–June 23, 2024.
Acknowledgments
This exhibition was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant award #MA-249085-OMS-21.
