A group gathers at the corner of a diorama case. One man sits a desk with a typerwriter. He looks up to a family of three standing over him. The man in the middle stands with arms around the other two individuals. Both are smiling down at the man seated at the desk. A black box with a glass front holds a rock specimen and is propped up against the leg of the desk.

Poetry Pop-Up

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Poetry Pop-up: On the Wings of Pterosaurs

Poetry Pop-up: Animal Theater

Poetry Pop-up: Poets in the Field

PlayLab PlayDate: Pollinator Week Storytime with Chicago Public Library

Adult monarch butterflies can be spotted around the garden in the summer. In addition to milkweed, they eat the nectar of flowers like coneflower, or Echinacea. 

PlayLab PlayDate: Pollinator Week Storytime with the Field Museum Science Action Center

Media

PlayLab PlayDate: Mother's Day Storytime & Craft

PlayLab PlayDate: Father's Day Storytime & Craft

PlayLab PlayDate: Women's History Month Storytime

PlayLab PlayDate: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Storytime with Chicago Public Library

PlayLab PlayDate: Fossil Fun Fest

PlayLab PlayDate: Pride Month & Stonewall Day Storytime and Craft

The Juneteenth flag hanging from a balcony at the Field Museum of Natural History

PlayLab PlayDate: Juneteenth Celebration

The Field Museum

Early Morning: The Pokémon Fossil Museum 

Dozin' with the Dinos 

Collection Quest, June 4, 6-10pm, for ages 21+

Collection Quest

Field Associates Brunch Cruise

Field Museum Gala

PlayLab PlayDate: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Storytime 

Family Night featuring The Pokémon Fossil Museum

PlayLab PlayDate: Jewish American Heritage Month Storytime

Focus: Meteorites

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PlayLab PlayDate: May the Fourth Space Rocks Celebration

75th Annual Members' Nights 

Field Favorites in ASL

Promo for Early Morning: A visit to the Pokémon Fossil Museum; June 6 & 7, 6:30-10:30am

Early Mornings

PlayLab PlayDates

City Cruises

Illinois Free Wednesdays

Corporate Family Day

Itty Bitty Investigators

Young visitors and a museum educator examine a teaching specimen together in the Grainger Science Hub

Meet a Scientist

Rugao Puppet Art Troupe Performance

Events for Adults

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Museum After Hours

Field Explorer Day Off Camps

Poetry Pop-up

Dino or DiNOT Virtual Tour for Classrooms

Educator Virtual Professional Development Series

Africa Fashion Artist Workshops

Chicago's African Fashion on the Runway

Art Workshops

NSF STEM Day

AWE Festival Chicago: Gateway

Last Call

Paul Mayer identifying fossils at 2018 Fossil ID Day.

ID Day

Deck the Dinos!

Visitors interact with museum staff during an event

Member Morning Discovery

Spooktacular Science: Members Halloween Lounge

Members Early Access

Pollinator Week in the PlayLab

Teacher Appreciation Week

Filipinos in Alliance Performance

Lunar New Year Celebration at the Field Museum

Chinese Culture Day

Pollinator Week

Jewish American Heritage Month 

Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

Excavator Pikachu

Pokémon Fossil Museum Programming

Women's History Month

Black History Month

Guided Tours for People with Learning, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities

Exhibition Tours for People with Learning, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities

Public Tours

Summer of SUE

Native American Heritage Month

Pride Month

Latinx Heritage Month

Your Guide to Spring Break 2025

Carl Akeley’s winter scene from the iconic diorama, Four Seasons of the White-tailed Deer

Must-See Selfie Spots other than SUE

Rewriting The Birds Tree of Life

ECCo and Community Partners Host Environmental Celebration at Beaubien Woods

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Chicago Community Climate Action Toolkit Profile: Bronzeville

ECCo Staff Help Bring Rare Plant Monitoring Program to Calumet

Visitor Services

Kids in the PlayLab make music (or joyful noise) with instruments from around the world.

Crown Family PlayLab

Grainger Science Hub

View of the circular interior of the Pawnee Earth Lodge, with various replica objects displayed around the circular hearth in the center and on the walls.

Pawnee Earth Lodge

VR Transporter at the Field Museum

Drop in the Ocean

Field Museum Announces Black History Month Programs

Women’s History Month at Field Museum Highlights Variety of Research

Field Museum celebrates the cicada emergence with insect-pinning classes, Meet a Scientist events, and a bug-inspired meal at Big Star

Blood is the main ingredient in new Field Museum partnership with local chefs

Field Museum Announces Free Admission Wednesdays for Illinois Residents

The world’s largest predatory dinosaur, and a Dino Fest to celebrate it, are coming to the Field Museum

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

Field Museum Introduces “Sobek” the Spinosaurus after public vote— come celebrate on a river boat tour

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Your Guide to Spring Break 2025

Must-See Selfie Spots other than SUE

Rewriting The Birds Tree of Life

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Crown Family PlayLab

Grainger Science Hub

Pawnee Earth Lodge

Press Releases

Field Museum Announces Black History Month Programs

Women’s History Month at Field Museum Highlights Variety of Research

Field Museum celebrates the cicada emergence with insect-pinning classes, Meet a Scientist events, and a bug-inspired meal at Big Star

Blood is the main ingredient in new Field Museum partnership with local chefs

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Resources

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Events

Poetry Pop-up: On the Wings of Pterosaurs

Poetry Pop-up: Animal Theater

Poetry Pop-up: Poets in the Field

PlayLab PlayDate: Pollinator Week Storytime with Chicago Public Library