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How can we protect enough biodiversity to sustain life on Earth?

Sitting on a couch, Mojina Mote holds a framed photo of herself as a young girl.

Home Is Where the Jaki Is

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72 years later, Field Museum staff presented Mojina Mote, who now lives in Enid with her son Terry, with a print of the photo.

A group of African American women suffragists pose for a photo. On the left, closest to the camera, Nannie Helen Burroughs holds a banner that reads, "Banner State Woman's National Baptist Convention."

Be Determined about Democracy

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Suffragist Nannie Helen Burroughs leads fellow activists in the early 1900s.

Levi Jenkins smiles for the camera outside the Field Museum.

Becoming a Leader, Mentor, and Community Builder

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Ylanda Wilhite at a protest in downtown Chicago. She wears a facemask and a Field Museum shirt while holding up a t-shirt that reads, “If you can breathe, vote!”

Tomorrow’s Leaders Start Here

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Field staffer Ylanda Wilhite at a protest in Chicago in 2020.

Tomorrow's Leaders Start Here

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Anthropologists on Racism and the History of Inequality

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What Native Staff Are Reflecting On During Native American Heritage Month

How We're Speaking Up For Science

A man stands smiling in front of an outdoor art installation, while several other people explore behind him.

A Cultural Trail on Chicago's South Lakefront

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Ask Emily #7

Calumet Photographic Dispatches February 2012

Calumet Photo of the Month July 2011

ECCo and Community Partners Host Environmental Celebration at Beaubien Woods

Chicago Community Climate Action Toolkit Profile: Bronzeville

ECCo Staff Help Bring Rare Plant Monitoring Program to Calumet

Bethany Johnson

Haute couture and cultural renaissance take center stage in Africa Fashion

Field Museum Welcomes Green Activist Naomi Davis to Kick off Black History Month Events

Cyrus Tang Foundation awards major grant to Field Museum for creation of Asian history curriculum

New Field Museum exhibition Chicago’s Legacy Hula anchors inaugural  Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Field Museum Hosts Performances, Highlights Scientists for Latinx Heritage Month

Field Museum, National Museum of Mexican Art host award-winning poet in joint event

Exhibition Showcasing History of Chicago’s South Side, Northwest Indiana Opens at Field Museum

Field Museum Hosts Inaugural Arab American Heritage Month Events in Partnership with UIC Arab American Cultural Center

Field Museum debuts Chicago’s Legacy Hula the first exhibition to explore the migration of Native Hawaiians to Chicago

CPS, NASCAR Announce STEAM Fest Coming to Field Museum

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

Field Museum Announces Vote to Name New Spinosaurus

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Left: A mounted T. rex skeleton inside a museum gallery. Right: A long-necked titanosaur skeleton in a large classical hall.

Which Dinosaur Bones Are “Real”?

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Dino Fest

Educator Open House

Field Favorites in ASL

Filipinos in Alliance Performance

Lunar New Year Celebration at the Field Museum

Five young children reach for bubbles above them. The floor is covered in soft, colorful tiles.

Second City Sillies

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Mini Movers Dance Workshops

Ada’s lifelong advocacy for Indigenous restoration and sovereignty is featured in the “Sovereignty” section of the Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories exhibition. (Photo by Jay Young)

Community Building