Fossil Invertebrates - History

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Fossil Plants - History

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Meteorites - History

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Popular / Leaflet Series

Eric Smith, Harry Nelson, Hank Dybas, John Kethley, Rupe Wenzel, and Larry Watrous circa. 1980.

Insects - History

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Gems and Minerals - History

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Fishes - History

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Fossil Birds - History

Oliver C. Farrington

Fossils & Meteorites: History

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Fossil Vertebrates - History

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Preparation Lab History

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Mammals - History

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Zoology: History

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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
 
Naskapi North America Canada Newfoundland Labrador Barren Ground Band LSDrawerD5
 
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First and Second Rawson-MacMillan Subarctic Expeditions

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Supplement to the Synopsis of Philippine Mammals

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On the cover of the summer 2016 "In The Field," an extinct volcano known as “El Cono,” rising above the Amazonian plain, symbolizes Peru’s new Sierra del Divisor National Park.

In the Field Member Magazine - Summer 2016

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On the cover of the summer 2016 In The Field, an extinct volcano known as “El Cono,” rising above the Amazonian plain, symbolizes Peru’s new Sierra del Divisor National Park.

Portrait of Whang-od Oggay, a master tattoo artist of the Kalinga people of the Philippines, as featured in the Museum's member magazine "In the Field."

In the Field Member Magazine - Fall 2016

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Portrait of Whang-od Oggay, a master tattoo artist of the Kalinga people of the Philippines, as featured in the Museum's member magazine In the Field.

Cover graphics from the winter/spring 2015 "In The Field" member magazine, featuring a Viking ship on rough seas, a storm sky above.

In the Field Member Magazine - Winter/Spring 2015

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Cover graphics from the winter/spring 2015 In The Field member magazine, featuring a Viking ship on rough seas, a storm sky above.

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In the Field Member Magazine - Fall 2015

The cover of "In The Field" member magazine, Summer 2015. Featuring an imperial Qing Dynasty silk robe from the Cyrus Tang Hall of China.

In the Field Member Magazine - Summer 2015

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The cover of In The Field member magazine, Summer 2015. Featuring an imperial Qing Dynasty silk robe from the Cyrus Tang Hall of China.

Andrew W. Mellon Connecting Communities to Collections Program

Your First Look at the Pokémon Fossil Museum in Chicago

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SUE's Holiday Gift Guide

Jennifer Akese Burney working on garments in her studio.

Behind the Designs of Connecting Threads: Jennifer Akese-Burney

Monster Mystery Solved

Tully Monster reconstruction by Sean McMahon

Top 10 Science, Nature, and Culture Stories of 2016

Peregrine Removed from Illinois' Endangered List

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Peregrine Shot

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Illinois' first White-winged Dove specimen

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Brown and white bird perched on a branch in front of a blue sky

Merlin confirmed nesting in Illinois for the first time!

Merlin by John Picken

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Peregrine Falcons Removed from IL Endangered List

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Illinois to remove Peregrine Falcon from [state] Threatened Species List

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Recounting the life of a successful Peregrine

Fran photographed at the Waukegan nest site.

The 12 plants of Christmas

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Decorations in the Botany Library in 1966

Bivalve Symposium, World Congress of Malacology

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Cover of the resulting published volume.

Mammals

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Sue Ling Gin Center for Education & Public Programs

McDonald's Fossil Preparation Lab

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Invertebrates

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P 14351, Thylacosmilus holotype, facing UC 1513, Lycaenops

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PF 15196, Masillosteus janeae, Holotype Grande, 2010

Fossil Fishes

PA 830 Archaeopteryx lithographica

Fossil Birds

Collage of PR 1634, Whatcheeria deltae & PR 2081, Tyrannosaurus

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Cultures of Asia

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Detail of a Saron Barung, which is a type of metallophone, from the gamelan featured in the Java Village at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Catalog Number 3.36011. © The Field Museum, GN91437_59d, Photographer John Weinstein.

Focus: Bryophytes and Pteridophytes

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Ferns & Bryophytes

Elemental Analysis Facility

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Economic Botany

Cultures of the Pacific

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Network mapping of the genetic relationships of islanders in the southwest Pacific (Figure 7 from Terrell, John Edward. 2010. Social network analysis of the genetic structure of Pacific Islanders.  Annals of Human Genetics 74: 211-232)

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Cultures of Mesoamerica and Central America

Detail from a Baoulé wood mask from Côte d'Ivoire, Catalog Number 246067, © The Field Museum CC BY-NC 4.0., A114302_01d, Photographer John Weinstein

Cultures of Africa

Historic documents from the Museum Archives

Museum Archives

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Cyrus Tang Hall of China

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Pair of stone lions

Natural aquamarine crystals

Grainger Hall of Gems

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Sara Ruane

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Lynika Stroizer working in a lab at the museum.

Lynika Strozier 

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On the city's lakefront to perform a chant to greet the sunrise, Chicago-based Hula practitioners gather around an `ipu heke, a traditional Hawaiian percussion implement made of two gourds.

Chicago’s Legacy Hula

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