Focused Field Trips

PlayLab PlayDate: Disability Pride Month Celebration featuring Park Lawn

PlayLab PlayDate: Diwali Storytime and Craft

PlayLab PlayDate: Space Storytime with Local Youth Author Jaiyen Bhandari

Game Night: The Scientist’s Secret

Windows, Mirrors, and Stories: Exploring Filipino Literature to Teach Identity and Culture

The Field Museum

Educator Open House

Teaching Through Storytelling: Coast Salish Weaving and Woolly Dogs

Educator Open House 2026

Early Morning events

Early Mornings

Professional Development for Educators

Field Summer Institute for Educators

Field Museum Connections: AANHPI Stories & the TEAACH Act Workshops

Rugao Puppet Art Troupe Performance

Educator Virtual Professional Development Series

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Teach In

Benjamin McManamon

Karl Bitikofer

Kyra Bestor

Chris Haslam

Samantha Chapleau

Ria Pretekin

Iris Junker

Mireya Becker

Susan Golland

Nicole Fanelli

Debra Fierle

Ryan Pickerill

Rudy Albsmeyer

Erica Bisognano

Patrick McGuire

Tayler Liedke

Jon Meisenbach

Joseph Hladik

Jeff Schroder portrait

Jeff Schroder

Emmanuel Meenattoor

Gilleece Thorson

Media for Staff Profile

Eduarda Briseno

Christina Woods

Monica Pitts

Maddy Turner

Moriah Myles

Ariana Ochoa

Allie Weber

Georgina Leal

Joel Luciano

Sonia Sotelo

Will Deschler

Aimee Davis headshot

Aimee Davis

Elaine Kelley

Sandy Deromedi portrait

Sandy Deromedi

Zoe Stergiannis

Landon Nickerson

Kimberly Mendoza

Josh Mata

Joshua Mata

Bergmann's Rule | Biomechanics Toolkit

See English video

Being Big on Land

At Home Collections | Science Hub at Home

Ask an Artifact | China Toolkit

1. General Field Trip Guides

Document for 1. General Field Trip Guides

Artifact Observation Guide

Archaeological Footprint | China Toolkit

Animal Survival Unit | Early Elementary Science Partnership

Animal Observations | Science Hub at Home

Download Pixels and Petals

Adventures in the Herbarium: Pixels and Petals

Download Museums and Medicines

Adventures in the Herbarium: Museums and Medicines

Advantages of Levers | Biomechanics Toolkit

See English interactive

See Spanish interactive

3D Model: Tyrannosaurus rex | Dinosaur Toolkit

3D Model: Glacialisaurus Foot | Dinosaur Toolkit

3D Model: Cryolophosaurus Skull | Dinosaur Toolkit

Adventure Guide: Animals

Adventure Guide: Rocks and Gems

Adventure Guide: Stanley Field Hall

TEAACH Act Panel

Read, Watch, Listen, Visit: Student Resource List | China Toolkit

Pepeha (For Non-Māori)

Exploring Objects | China Toolkit

Zine Instructiosn

Community Guide Instructions

Bayanihan: Unity in Community

Chicago's Chinatown Coloring Pages

AANHPI Teacher Reference Guide

Learn more

Harris Loan Experience Box

Create your own Community Guide

Dozin' with the Dinos 2026 Info Packet

Chicago's Chinatown Community Guide

Creating a Poupou (Ancestor Panel) 

Maori Wharenui

Download English/Spanish PDF

The Māori Meeting House: A Living Ancestor (Student Copy-English/Spanish)

The Māori Meeting House: A Living Ancestor

Teacher Professional Development

Field Trip Experiences

Media for Field Trip Experiences

Field Trip Policies

Field Ambassadors

PlayLab Summer Camps, Day Off Camps, and PlayLab Playdates offer adventure and scientific discovery for early learners.

PlayLab Jr. Explorer Summer Camps

2026 Field Museum Cultural Teaching Fellowship

Field Explorer exploring nature

Field Explorer Summer Camps

Media for Anthropology Alliance

Field Museum Connections: AANHPI Stories and the TEAACH Act

Home School Field Trip Groups

Chicago's Chinatown 

A three-quarter view of the front of the Maori Meeting HouseCarvings decorate the house’s walls and beams. At the apex of the gabled roof are two carved faces. One is Ruatepupuke, for whom this house is named.

Maori Meeting House, Ruatepupuke II

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Maori Meeting House Ruatepupuke II

Māori Meeting House Lesson Plan

Camps & Classes

Projects and Initiatives

Sue Ling Gin Center for Education and Public Programs

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People