Name: Armour Seminar: Megan Baker
Start: 2026-11-04T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-11-04T13:00:00-06:00
Location: Field Museum

When is the Museum open?

How can I purchase tickets?

Does the Field Museum have parking available?

What is there to eat at the Field?

Are there hotels near the Field?

Do you have lockers or storage?

Are Collection Quest tickets transferable?

Are Family Night tickets transferable?

Are matching gifts and volunteer grants tax deductible?

Are there any other websites that sell Pokémon Fossil Museum special exhibition tickets?

Are there packages I can purchase to save money when visiting Chicago?

Are there programs that offer free or discounted admission?

Are tickets to the exhibition timed?

Are tickets transferable?

At what time should I arrive at the museum to see the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition? 

Can I bring a bag?

Can I bring a wheelchair or stroller?

Can I bring my own food and drinks?

Can I have my wedding, party, or other event at the Field?

Can I leave and come back later?

Can I purchase a meal voucher in person?

Can I purchase a ticket to Collection Quest upon arrival on the day of the event?

Can I purchase a ticket to Family Night upon arrival on the day of the event?

Can I purchase the Pokémon Fossil Museum merchandise outside of the Field Museum?

Can I purchase tickets for the exhibit on the day of my group’s visit? 

Can I receive a refund for students who missed the field trip?

Can I select my timed-entry ticket?

Can I select my timed-entry ticket to the exhibit?

Can I take pictures?

Can you accommodate dietary restrictions?

Can you help me with an online ticketing purchase?

Do active military personnel and Illinois teachers get in free?

Does a ticket to Collection Quest include access to other exhibits in the museum?

Does a ticket to Collection Quest include admission to the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibit?

Does a ticket to Family Night include access to other exhibits in the museum?

Does a ticket to Family Night include admission to the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibit?

Does the Field Museum have an approved or preferred vendor list?

Do I have to be vaccinated to come to the Field?

Do I have to wear a mask?

Do the tickets required for the Member Preview Days count against my allotment of Pokémon Fossil Museum tickets?

Do you have a lost and found?

Do you have an adult-sized or universal changing space?

Do you have an area for nursing parents?

Do you have educational resources for students?

Do you have plans to restock Pokémon Fossil Museum merchandise should items sell out?

Do you have sensory-friendly hours?

Do you have wheelchairs or strollers to borrow or rent?

Do you offer free days for Illinois residents?

Starting March 3, Illinois field trip groups may register using our <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/page/register-your-field-trip-group">field trip registration form</a>. &nbsp;All field trips should be booked at least 2 weeks in advance. Limited tickets are reserved for Illinois field trip groups each day.&nbsp;

How can my group register for a field trip to see the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition?

How did SUE get to the Field Museum?

How do I book a group visit to the Museum? 

How do I get information on my company's matching gift and volunteer grant programs?

How do I get to the Field?

Pokémon trading Archeops card.

How do I obtain the Pokémon Trading Card Game promo card commemorating the Pokémon Fossil Museum?

How do I purchase a ticket to the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition? 

How do I request a matching gift or volunteer grant?

How do I schedule a field trip to the Museum?

After you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with an invoice PDF. You can submit that payment amount by mailing a check before the trip or calling our office at (312) 665-7500 with a credit card.

Payment must be received 2 weeks prior to your trip date. If payment is not received 2 weeks prior to the field trip date, tickets will be released to the general public.

How do I submit payment?

 How long should I plan to spend in the exhibition? 

 How long should my group plan to spend in the exhibition? 

How long will tickets be available for the Pokémon Fossil Museum? 

In order to ensure that groups have a great visit, pre-K through 5th-grade students must be accompanied by a minimum of one adult for every five students and a maximum of one adult for every child. Students in 6th through 12th grade must be accompanied by a minimum of one adult for every ten students and a maximum of one adult for every child.

How many chaperones can my Illinois School Group bring?

 How many Pokemon Fossil Museum special exhibition tickets are included with my membership?

Illinois groups registered at least 2 weeks in advance are allotted a discounted price of $7 per person to enter the &nbsp;Pok&eacute;mon Fossil Museum exhibition. Every person entering the exhibit will need a ticket.

Your group will still be able to enter all General Admission exhibits on your trip.Limited tickets are reserved for Illinois field trip groups each day.

How much are tickets for the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition for Illinois field trip groups?

How will I be able to make reservations for Pokémon Fossil Museum?

I didn’t receive an email confirmation for my tickets—who can help me? 

I have Chicago CityPASS®, Go City pass, or am eligible for discounted admission that I cannot reserve online—how can I secure tickets to the Pokémon Fossil Museum?

I have another question about visit Pokémon Fossil Museum—who can I reach out to? 

Have another question you need answered? Visit our expanded Giving FAQ for more answers, or contact our donor support teams at 312.665.7777 or <a href="mailto:supporters@fieldmuseum.org">supporters@fieldmuseum.org.</a>

I have a question not answered here.

I have more questions about Family Night. Who can I talk to?

I have more questions. Who can I talk to?

I’m a member—how can I redeem my member benefits for Pokémon Fossil Museum?

I'm a teacher, what should I expect in the exhibit?

I missed my group’s entry time. What should we do? 

Is a deposit required? Is my deposit refundable?

Is my gift tax-deductible?

Is there any special programming for my students?

Is there wheelchair-accessible parking? 

Unfortunately, there are no scholarships available for this special exhibition. All Illinois students, chaperones, and teachers on the field trip who are visiting the exhibit must pay $7 to enter. You can still book your <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/landing/field-trips">General Admission field trip</a> for free, and visit the Evolving Planet exhibition to learn about fossils.

My group can not pay the $7 per person fee to see the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition. Are there any scholarships or free programming?

My ticket to Pokémon Fossil Museum is for after 4:30pm. Don't you close at 5pm?

Tickets for the date I want to visit are not yet available. When will I be able to access those?

Tickets for the Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibition are not available for my field trip date. What can I do?

What are employee matching gift programs?

What are the purchase limits for Pokémon Fossil Museum merchandise? 

What are the venue rental fees for an event?

What are volunteer grant programs?

What counts as volunteer work?

What does Field Museum Women in Science (FMWIS) membership mean?

 What does my membership include?

What happens if I miss my scheduled entry time? 

What happens if I miss my scheduled entry time for Family Night?

What happens if I miss my scheduled entry time for the exhibit?

What happens if I need to reschedule my group's visit? 

What happens if I need to reschedule my visit? 

What happens if I purchased Collection Quest tickets by mistake?

What happens if I purchased Family Night tickets by mistake?

What has SUE taught us?

What if I forget to submit my matching gift request?

What if I submit a matching gift, or volunteeer grant, outside of the nonprofit's online donation form or dedicated matching gift page?

Use this 3D model to see how scientists reconstruct animals like Cryolophosaurus from the fossil record.

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3D Model: Cryolophosaurus Skull | Dinosaur Toolkit

Learn how the first giant dinosaurs like Glacialisaurus moved by exploring this 3D model.

3D Model: Glacialisaurus Foot | Dinosaur Toolkit

Interact with this 3D model to find out what we can learn about SUE the T. rex's life by looking at its fossils, then test your knowledge

3D Model: Tyrannosaurus rex | Dinosaur Toolkit

Test basic lever types and explore the trade-off between a force advantage and speed advantage in the animal world.

Advantages of Levers | Biomechanics Toolkit

The importance and impact of Field Museum’s African flowering plant specimens are highlighted in two podcasts. These podcasts were written, recorded, and edited by two college interns who worked alongside experts and collections specimens.&nbsp; Museums and Medicines highlights the impact plant specimens have had on human health and why their conservation is so important.

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Adventures in the Herbarium: Museums and Medicines

The importance and impact of Field Museum’s African flowering plant specimens are highlighted in two podcasts. These podcasts were written, recorded, and edited by two college interns who worked alongside experts and collections specimens.&nbsp; Pixels and Petals highlights the digital imaging process and the impact of herbarium specimens.

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Adventures in the Herbarium: Pixels and Petals

Learn how scientists observe and track animal behavior and how you can do the same with your pets at home.

Animal Observations | Science Hub at Home

Act as consultants to the City of Chicago and assess their relocation plan for urban coyotes.

Animal Survival Unit | Early Elementary Science Partnership

Analyze how we learn about history through objects and theorize what gaps can exist in object-based stories.

Archaeological Footprint | China Toolkit

Encourage close examination of a single artifact—an object produced by humans—using observations and inferences.

1. General Field Trip Guides

Document for 1. General Field Trip Guides

Artifact Observation Guide

Discover what you can learn from the objects all around us when you look carefully and apply a specific disciplinary lens. Spanish subtitles available.

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Ask an Artifact | China Toolkit

Create your own museum collection at home.

At Home Collections | Science Hub at Home

Watch Lorene Sisquoc teaching and weaving a basket at the Field Museum opening of Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories.

Basket Making Demonstration with Lorene Sisquoc

Listen to and watch Lorene Sisquoc and Kelly Church discuss basket weaving and oral traditions.

Basket Making Discussion & Demo: Lorene Sisquoc and Kelly Church

Bayanihan: Unity in Community

Learn why being big isn’t always an advantage and find out how mythic creatures like Godzilla and King Kong could never have carried their own weight.

Being Big on Land

Uncover how an animal’s size affects its ability to regulate temperature.

Bergmann's Rule | Biomechanics Toolkit

Middle school-aged students will investigate the differences between native and invasive plants and demonstrate their learning by creating a model of a native plant garden.

Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Jump into BIOlympics events to see how animals achieve amazing feats. Use that knowledge to choose competitors for different events.

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BIOlympics Game | Biomechanics Toolkit

Listen to different songs or calls made by local Illinois birds.

Bird Calls and Songs | PlayLab at Home

Discover the birds of Chicago with these birding techniques.

Birding 101 | Science Hub at Home

Listen to and watch Chef Jessica discuss her career as a chef and fry bread.

Chef Jessica Pamonicutt Discusses Cooking and Fry Bread

Chicago's Chinatown Coloring Pages

An infographic guide to Chinatown's past, present, and future.

Chicago's Chinatown Community Guide

Chicago's Legacy Hula Professional Development Workshop

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Chicago's Legacy Hula & TEAACH Act

Learn the untold history of four Kumu Hula (master teachers of Hawaiian Hula) who perpetuated, preserved, and protected Hula as a way of life.&nbsp;

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Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour

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Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour Discussion Questions

Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour Standards Alignment

This activity invites you to document, honor, and analyze a community through history, place, and lived experience.

Zine Instructiosn

Community Guide Instructions

Create your own Community Guide

Creating a Poupou (Ancestor Panel) 

Examine dinosaur physical traits to identify similarities and differences in their features and construct a system of classification.

Dinosaur Family Tree | Dinosaur Toolkit

Observe animal dioramas to compare and contrast organisms and explore the diversity of life.

diversity_of_life.pdf

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Diversity of Life | Exploring the Field Guide

Discover how much force a seemingly brittle object like an egg can withstand when it’s dome-shaped.

Dome Strength | Biomechanics Toolkit

Examine why plants and birds have certain features to uncover the relationship between structure and function.

everything_has_a_purpose.pdf

Everything Has a Purpose | Exploring the Field Guide

Investigate the role of an archaeologist and discover the types of questions that drive their work. Spanish subtitles available.

Evidence in the Unwritten | China Toolkit

Investigate a museum exhibition using the claim, evidence, reasoning cycle.

Exhibition Investigation Guide

Observe and analyze artifacts from the Pacific Islands to develop evidence-based claims about how these cultures view the world.

2. Exploring The Field Guides

exploring_artifacts_from_the_pacific.pdf

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Exploring Artifacts from the Pacific | Exploring the Field Guide

Explore the history of writing in China by drawing conclusions about the impact of the written word on human civilizations and how language changes over time.

Exploring Language | China Toolkit

Analyze objects using varied lenses, including anthropology, history, economics, geography, and art history.

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