Papua New Guinea Collections Celebration

Come meet Field Museum Collections staff Chris Philipp and Julia Kennedy as they discuss rarely-displayed masks, contemporary items, and media from the Field's Papua New Guinea collection. At nearly 35,000 items, this is the largest collection of material from the country of Papua New Guinea currently in the United States.

This session is the first in a series that celebrates Wan Bel: a PNG Collective Global Exhibition, commemorating Papua New Guinea's 50th Anniversary of Independence.

Scientists, researchers, and collections managers are behind the scenes every day, uncovering new information and taking care of our collection.

During Meet a Scientist, you can find them in the Grainger Science Hub. They'll discuss their work and share real items from the museum’s collection of nearly 40 million objects. From collections care to field work, and dinosaurs to ecology, there’s a world of science to explore.

Visit the Science Hub on select weekdays for an up-close look at what our researchers do every day.