Photo: Betye Saar in 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California; photographer David Sprague.

How a visit to the Field inspired Betye Saar's art

The Field Museum

A Year in Review and a Look to the Future

Colorfully painted postcard with an aerial view of the 1893 World's Fair. There are rows of different buildings, some with tall domes, and Lake Michigan is visible in the background. The caption reads, "View from Ferris Wheel."

Travel Back to the World's Fair in Our Collection

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Close-up view of brown tail vertebrae that curve around. They're positioned on a white cushion.

Rediscovering a Dinosaur Named Elmer

The dinosaur's eight-foot-long tail is nearly complete.

A colored photograph with black border, showing three tents in a row. The foreground is sandy, and the background has a few sparse trees and mountains.

Snapshot of 1896 Expedition Life

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A hand-colored glass lantern slide of camp in Somaliland, with Daniel G. Elliot (with a white beard) seated in his tent. Photo Archives CSZ5941c

The Fossils in the Floor

Carl Akeley's Fighting Elephants

The 'Sistine Chapel of Taxidermy'—Conserving Akeley's Elephants

The Rare Book Room!

Black and white photograph of a woman in a floral dress with a large bird on her hand, and a small child smiling and standing at her side

Beautiful Strangers: Stories of People and Collections

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Is Taxidermy ART?

Spring Migration Notes...By a Murderer

The Flapper and the Panda

A Lifetime of Curiosity

Carl Akeley's Striped Hyenas

1893 World's Columbian Exposition

What is a Museum?

Ask Emily #2

Field Museum Maidens

Our Building's Greek Architecture

Malvina Hoffman's Expedition

Searle Family Lounge

Two visitors sit together on a bench, looking at life-size sculptures of people by Malvina Hoffman. In the foreground several bronze busts are displayed in a glass case.

Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman

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Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Photo Archives - Charles Knight Collection

Carl Akeley

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Born on June 15, 1885 in Brooklyn, Hoffman grew up in an artistic setting. Her father was a piano prodigy who came to America when he was only 15. After Hoffman created her first sculpture, a bust of her father’s head, he looked at her and said, “My child, I'm afraid you are going to be an artist” (Hoffman, 1936).

Malvina Hoffman

Cornerstone ceremonies with Trustees, executive officers, administrators and curators (staff).

Founders & Advocates

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Field Museum History

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Architecture

Focus: Polar Studies - History

Economic Botany - History

Mammals - History

Remembering Bill Stanley

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Emeus crassus

Fossil Vertebrates - History

Fossil Invertebrates - History

Media for Focus: Fossil Plants - History. George Langford

Fossil Plants - History

Photo Archives Geology Gallery

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Meteorite slice.

Meteorites - History

Photography Department

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History of the Photography Department

Focus: Gems and Minerals - History

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Gems and Minerals - History

Media for Fishes - History

Fishes - History

Fossil Birds - History

Oliver C. Farrington

Fossils & Meteorites: History

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Preparation Lab History

Focus: Fossil Mammals - History

Media for Zoology: History

Zoology: History

Seed Plants - History

Media to use with Amphibians and Reptiles History

Amphibians & Reptiles - History

Media for Birds-History

Birds - History

Winter camp scene. Wigwam shaped tent covered with caribou skins in a winter camp of the people at head of Flowers River.  Young dog in foreground. Barren Ground people at head of Flower River
 
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First and Second Rawson-MacMillan Subarctic Expeditions

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Field Museum North Entrance

Museum History

Science and Collections History

Museum History

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