Come face to face with the largest T. rex ever found, descend into an ancient Egyptian tomb, or shrink to the size of a bug.

It's all in a day at The Field Museum.

Exhibitions

From dinosaurs and mummies to exclusive special exhibitions, you'll never run out of things to explore at The Field Museum!

Programs

Meet a real scientist, spend the night with our dinos, or take a tour. The Field Museum's programs promise an experience unlike any other.

This Week at The Field

Full events calendar

Exhibitions at the Museum

An up-close encounter with the largest, most complete T. rex ever discovered!

SUE the T. rex

See the roaring, earthshaking predator known as SUE come to life right before your eyes.

Waking the T. rex 3D: The Story of SUE

Descend into an ancient Egyptian tomb and marvel at the Midwest's largest collections of mummies.

Inside Ancient Egypt

Journey through 4 billion years of life on Earth and into the land of the dinosaurs.

Evolving Planet

Shrink to the size of a bug and discover the world beneath your feet!

Underground Adventure

Discover how The Field Museum is leading the way in conservation of our planet and how you can get involved.

Restoring Earth

The place for your littlest explorers to experience hands-on science!

The Crown Family PlayLab

Explore the expansive Aztec empire and its island capital, Tenochtitlan, alongside 13,000 years of ancient civilizations of the Americas.

The Ancient Americas

Admire the beauty of exquisite rare jewels and gold objects from around the world.

Grainger Hall of Gems

Explore the amazing story behind Africa's notorious man-eating lions of Tsavo.

The Tsavo Lions

Explore the amazing world of birds in one of the most outstanding display collections in the world.

Ronald and Christina Gidwitz Hall of Birds

Explore the story of jade, learning about an ancient land and its most potent symbol.

Hall of Jades

Watch as Field Museum scientists prepare ancient specimens for study right before your eyes.

McDonald’s Fossil Prep Lab

Discover what DNA is, how it works, and what it can tell us about all life on Earth—from real Field Museum scientists.

DNA Discovery Center

Our Pawnee Earth Lodge is one of the few full-size replicas in existence—offering an immersive snapshot of a cultural time and place.

Pawnee Earth Lodge

Visit Traveling the Pacific to discover how this vessel stays steady on the swells of the Pacific Ocean.

Traveling the Pacific

Explore Pacific Spirits to see ceremonial masks and sacred treasures collected a century ago in Melanesia.

Pacific Spirits

Enter a real Maori Meeting House, a sacred place for religious rituals in the New Zealand Maori culture.

Maori Meeting House, Ruatepupuke II

Experience scenes from across the African continent, from a holy day in Senegal to camel caravans in Ethiopia.

Africa

Take a look at our striped hyenas' new habitat, a diorama crowdfunded by more than 1,500 supporters!

Project Hyena Diorama

Explore the enchanted islands and remarkable inhabitants of the Galapagos.

Galapagos 3D

Examine where meteorites come from, what they’re made of, and what they tell us about our universe.

Meteorites

Experience a culture of deep tradition and dynamic change in the Cyrus Tang Hall of China.

Cyrus Tang Hall of China

Uncover the secrets of Egypt’s past and take a walk through time with Egypt 3D.

Egypt 3D: Secrets of the Mummies

See fifty beautiful, recently conserved sculptures that embody the complicated ways we view culture and race.

Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman

Explore the cultures, practices, and objects connected by ink in Tattoo. It's okay to look—even in our tattoo shop.

Tattoo

Plains artist Chris Pappan takes a stunning and unexpected look at past perceptions of Native peoples and the vibrancy of contemporary Indian life.

Drawing on Tradition: Kanza Artist Chris Pappan

See Lakota artist Rhonda Holy Bear’s intricate artwork and experience her journey to understand more about her cultural and spiritual identity.

Full Circle/Omani Wakan: Lakota Artist Rhonda Holy Bear

Try hands-on activities, learn about new science stories, and examine artifacts and specimens up close at the Grainger Science Hub.

Grainger Science Hub

Journey into our vast collections to learn how scientists use our specimens to solve scientific mysteries and explore life on Earth.

Specimens: Unlocking the Secrets of Life

View rich, colorful paintings of artists from the Philippines and the Chicago area, inspired by artifacts from Field Museum collections and partner museums in the Philippines.  

Art and Anthropology: Portrait of the Object as Filipino