Schools and community groups in Illinois serving Pre-K–12th grade students can register for a FREE field trip by completing this form at least 14 days before your desired visit date. After you submit a registration form, we will review availability for your visit, create a group reservation, and email you a confirmation within two days.
Field trips are available to groups of at least 15 students with the appropriate number of chaperones. 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. Students in 6th through 12th grade must be accompanied by a minimum of one adult for every ten students.
To register for a field trip, all Illinois groups must fill out the registration form below.Scroll down and complete the form below!Groups that are interested in eating lunch at the museum must register for a lunch time prior to their field trip.
PLEASE NOTE Exhibition closure update: Field Museum’s complete renovation of Africa and Inside Ancient Egypt galleries will result in exhibition closures
Following the renovation of its Native North America Hall (reopened in 2022), the Field Museum is reimagining its galleries of Africa and Ancient Egypt. The Africa Hall will close on October 6, 2025. The “Memphis Market” section ofInside Ancient Egypt is already closed. Other portions of the exhibition, including the section featuring mummified individuals, will remain open until 2027. Please plan your field trips accordingly.
The renovation for both galleries is expected to be complete in the spring of 2028. For additional updates and closures, please visit www.fieldmuseum.org.
For more information about existing field trip reservations or questions about your visit:
- Illinois schools can call 312.665.7500 or email fieldtrip@fieldmuseum.org
- Out-of-state groups can contact 312.665.7300 or email groupsales@fieldmuseum.org
- College and university groups, please use our group visit packages.