The Museum will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 27. We will re-open Friday, November 28 at 9am.

Frank Robb—widely known as “Alligator Robb”—is a renowned wildlife and crocodilian expert from Florida’s Space Coast. He serves as President of Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and ...

In 1893, the private collection of 19,000 specimens of Charles. B. Cory established the ornithological research collections and Cory was named Curator of Ornithology (for life) without residence ...

Bird Division research is centered around our collections. Shannon Hackett works on the systematics and biogeography of birds, focusing currently on genomic-scale data and how they contribute to an ...

Minerals from the Field Museum collection are made available to qualified scientists around the world for research projects. The mineralogy of meteorites is also studied by Field Museum scientists and ...

The Field Museum's physical geology collection has a long and unique history. It has grown over the years through a combination of purchases, scientific collecting and donations. The 1893 Columbian ...

Pre-Registered Illinois field trips are FREE everyday of the week! Free Wednesdays are the perfect opportunity for you to explore our general admission exhibitions with your family or a group of ...

On select Tuesday evenings, experience the Museum after hours with $5-off admission after 5pm.

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP) is a powerful technique of chemical characterization capable of simultaneously measuring up to 50 different elements, including trace elements, ...

Most people are not very familiar with millipedes. We don't tend to keep them as pets, and because they have more legs than any mammal, we are all too quick to fear them. Millipedes belong to the ...

Seemingly fragile, textiles can be an enduring link to vanished cultures, as well as a fascinating cross section of the aesthetic sensibilities of far-flung contemporary peoples. Among the five most ...

For more than 1,500 years rubbings have been a vital medium for preserving China's art, culture, and history. These beautiful works are made by pressing thin sheets of wet paper into carvings or ...