“Roots and Routes” is a collaborative project aimed at creating and sustaining the longest stretch of lakefront natural area within the Chicago Park District system, the Burnham Wildlife Corridor (BWC ...

Learn from the past to enable a brighter future. Field Museum scientists get their hands dirty and their feet wet in service of conserving the natural world, promoting cultural understanding, and ...

Although treatment of an object may sometimes be necessary, treatment alone is not sufficient to preserve collections for future. Objects inevitably deteriorate, but our objective as preservers of ...

Chicago’s warmer months demand a stunning outdoor space for events. Whether you’re in charge of planning the company picnic or throwing a starlit summer soirée, the Field Museum’s terraces set the ...

The Körös Regional Archaeological Project (KRAP) is a multidisciplinary, collaborative, research project directed by William A. Parkinson of the Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum, and ...

One tiny molecule—a world of scientific possibility. Despite our planet’s astounding biodiversity, all life on Earth has one thing in common: DNA. It contains the genetic keys to development and ...

Step inside a sacred structure from New Zealand. Built in 1881 on Tokomaru Bay, this wharenui (FAH-reh-new-EE) is one of only three such Maori meeting houses now outside of New Zealand. Structural ...

Once used exclusively by Field Museum staff, the Founders’ Room is now available for intimate dinners, board meetings, seminars, and more. The room was originally the office of Stanley Field, who ...

Bring the Field Museum’s learning resources to your school or home to support learners engaging with science, nature, and world cultures. The lesson plans and activities draw from our collections, ...

The Field Museum is in the heart of Chicago’s Museum Campus, at 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Reassembling broken pottery from archaeological excavations is a periodic feature of an object conservator's professional life. In past times pots have been reassembled with adhesives (such as ...

Anchor: #come-face-to-face-with-the-largest-dinosaur-that-ever-lived Come face-to-face with the largest dinosaur that ever lived. The titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum is a big deal—literally, the ...