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Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
May 23, 2008—January 4, 2009
From earthquakes and volcanoes to hurricanes and tornadoes, nature’s forces have shaped our dynamic planet. Throughout history, these catastrophic phenomena have affected people around the world. Now,... more information

Wetlands Table NEW!
Debuts May 24, 2008

Learn through a 3D model how pollution can affect delicate wetlands and what you can do to help prevent it. ...more

Kraft Story Time
Saturdays and Sundays in September

Take a seat in the Crown Family PlayLab, hear a story, and make an art project to take home, all in 20 minutes! Selected titles in September include When the Wind Stops by Charlotte Zolotow, ...more

Scientist at the Field: Weather
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Meet Amy Freeze, meteorologist for MyFox Chicago and join her as she answers questions about tornadoes, a weather phenomenon featured in our Nature Unleashed exhibition. ...more

The Calm After the Storm
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Sometimes the weather can be peaceful and calm and sometimes it can be loud and scary. Artist Ian Sherwin will guide families as they express their thoughts and feelings on this subject through a vari ...more


This Weekend at The Field Museum
Weekend of August 22 - 24, 2008

Cheyenne Visions


Celebrate the artistic vibrancy of Cheyenne history and present-day culture through beautiful color photographs of Cheyenne art and artifacts. The objects in the photographs, selected from The Field M ...more

Evolving Planet


Evolving Planet takes visitors on an awe-inspiring journey through 4 billion years of life on Earth, from single-celled organisms to towering dinosaurs and our extended human family. Uni ...more

Interpretive Station Activities
Weekends

Stop by an interpretive station for hand-on activities throughout the Museum. Find out what your name looks like in Egyptian hieroglyphs, put together a huge floor map of Africa, or dissect an owl pel ...more

McDonald's Fossil Preparation Laboratory
Daily

Watch technicians chisel delicate fossils from layers of rock as you glimpse the scientific work that goes on behind the scenes at the Museum. ...more

Ancient Egypt Tour
Weekends

Unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Learn about mummies, hieroglyphs, daily customs and the importance of the afterlife. ...more

Regenstein Laboratory


Get a behind the scenes glimpse at artifact conservators at work in this exciting new space. You’ll see Museum experts study, clean and prepare artifacts from our extensive anthropology collections. ...more

Pawnee Earth Lodge
Weekdays, 1 p.m.
Weekends, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Examine touchable objects and learn about traditional Native American Pawnee culture, culture change, and contemporary Pawnee life. ...more

Northwest Coast Indians and Arctic Peoples
Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Thursdays 11:30 a.m.

Discover a spectacular array of artifacts depicting two North American neighboring environments and cultures. ...more

SUE
Weekends

Museum docents will answer questions and share their in-depth knowledge, facts and figures. ...more

Museum Highlight Tours
Saturday, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m.

Enjoy a guided tour of some of the Museum's most popular, famous and unique exhibitions. Hear the stories behind these fascinating treasures from nature and human culture.

Find more

Maori Meeting House Tour
Weekdays, 10 am - 3 pm
Weekends, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Visit this authentic and stunning house and learn about its cultural significance and use. ...more

The Ancient Americas


Step into the windswept world of Ice-Age mammoth hunters. Walk through a replica of an 800-year-old pueblo dwelling and imagine your entire family cooking, eating, and sleeping in one small room. Expl ...more

Travels of the Crow: Journey of an Indian Nation


How did the Crow people become hunters, warriors, and nomads? Though settled farmers long ago, the Crow tell the story of a search for the sacred tobacco plant that eventually led them to the Bighor ...more

Celebrating Women


Over forty vivid color photographs by renowned photographer Paola Gianturco portray six festivals throughout the world that honor female ideals, heroines, and goddesses. more

Melting Ice—A Hot Topic: Envisioning Change


The contemporary art show features the works of 26 artists from 10 countries– all focusing on climate change, specifically melting ice caps and the effect that has on all living creatures.

Ar ...more

The Chairs Memorial
A memorial for the children of Chicago who have died in street violence
August 5 - September 5, 2008

Each of the chairs of this memorial represents a Chicago youth who lost his or her life to street violence in the past year.

Like each life, the chairs are one of a kind. Created by students ...more


The Ancient Americas
Opens March 9, 2007
The Field Museum’s ground-breaking new exhibition, The Ancient Americas, takes you on a journey through 13,000 ye... more information

Student Program:
Family Life in the Americas: Past and Present (Grades 3 - 8)
Beginning March 12, 2007

Explore family life across the Americas, today and in the past. Step into an ancient Pueblo house and learn about daily life as a child in an early Puebloan community. ...more

Student Program:
Cultures of the Ancient Americas (Grades 9 -12)
Beginning March 12, 2007

Investigate the social and political systems of the early people of the Americas. Learn how different societies organized themselves to meet their needs, then use this new knoweldge to explore connec ...more


Evolving Planet
Opens March 10, 2006
What did the world look like through the eyes of a 500-million-year-old trilobite? What could you see, hear, and smell in the swampy forest that was Chicago…300 million years ago? How would it feel to... more information

Interpretive Stations
Weekends beginning March 10, 2006

Discover the Geological Hot Spots of the Americas by piecing together our Mega Maps that locate and identify the best places to find fossil evidence of prehistoric life on Earth. Later, play ou ...more

Student Class:
Evolution 101 (Grades 9-12)


Join us for an in-depth look at some important evolution basics and discover why it’s become so important to scientists. Tour Evolving Planet and other exhibitions to get a better under ...more


Sue

Sue is the world's largest, most complete, best preserved and most famous Tyrannosaurus rex. Since Sue was unveiled on May 17, 2000, about 2 million people have visited the Museum... more information

SUE
Year Round

Museum docents will answer questions and share their in-depth knowledge, facts and figures. ...more


Adult Programs

Language and Signs as Indicators of Evolution
September 20, 2008

Join Dr. Ian Tattersall as he challenges the role of natural selection in the development of the human symbolic mind. Hear about the recent innovations in the fields of biology and culture that have ...more

Café Science: The Role of Global Urbanism with Dr. Chap Kusimba
September 25, 2008

Engaging adult audiences on timely issues, Café Science provides a forum for community members to discuss scientific issues with Field Museum scientists and their colleagues. ...more

Café Science: Biodiversity Loss and Our Current Mass Extinction with Dr. Douglas Stotz
October 2, 2008

Engaging adult audiences on timely issues, Café Science provides a comfortable, public forum for community members to openly discuss important scientific issues with Field Museum scientists and the ...more

Café Science: Ancient Climate Change with Dr. Ryan Williams
October 9, 2008

The threat of changing climate conditions and global warming are critical issues today. Yet, humanity has faced severe environmental crises in the past as well. We examine the challenges faced by a ...more

Café Science: Great Lakes Archaeology with Dr. Scott Demel
October 16, 2008

Engaging adult audiences on timely issues, Café Science provides a comfortable, public forum for community members to openly discuss important scientific issues with Field Museum scientists and the ...more


Crown Family PlayLab
Opening Friday, September 14, 2007
Dig in… Dress up… Explore and grow! Visit the Crown Family PlayLab, a place where you and your child can become scientists, dig up fossils, conduct a symphony, and paint a masterpiece!

Open ... more information

Kraft Story Time
Every Saturday and Sunday

Take a seat in the Crown Family PlayLab to hear a story and makean art project—all in 20 minutes!

Story Time is sponsored by Kraft Foods. ...more

Morning Stories
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Take a seat in the Crown Family Play Lab and enjoy a story before you set off on an exploration of The Field Museum. ...more

Family Field Days
Third Saturday of each month

Take part in fun and free art and science activities in the Crown Family PlayLab and in the rest of the Museum. Be an explorer, scientist, artist and much more! Third Saturday of every ...more

Two of Us: Whooosh!
Every Monday in September

Every Monday in September you and your little one will explore the Crown Family PlayLab, sing songs, hear stories, touch objects, and make art projects all while taking a close look at ...more

Two of Us: Rattle Them Bones
Every Monday in October

Every Monday in October you and your little one will explore the Crown Family PlayLab, sing songs, hear stories, touch objects, and make art projects all while learning about the skel ...more


Gallery Programs

Maori Meeting House Tour
Weekdays
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Weekends
10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Visit this authentic and stunning house and learn about its cultural significance and use. ...more

Northwest Coast Indians and Arctic Peoples
Wednesdays
11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Thursdays
11:30 a.m.

Discover a spectacular array of artifacts depicting two North American neighboring environments and cultures. ...more

McDonald's Fossil Preparation Laboratory
Daily

Watch technicians chisel delicate fossils from layers of rock as you glimpse the scientific work that goes on behind the scenes at the Museum. ...more

Interpretive Station Activities
Year Round

Stop by an interpretive station for hand-on activities throughout the Museum. Find out what your name looks like in Egyptian hieroglyphs, put together a huge floor map of Africa, or dissect an owl pe ...more

Ancient Egypt Tour
Monday-Friday 1pm
Saturday and Sunday, noon

Unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Learn about mummies, hieroglyphs, daily customs and the importance of the afterlife. ...more

Museum Highlight Tours
Monday–Friday
11a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday
11a.m. and 1p.m.
Sunday
11a.m.

Enjoy a guided tour of some of the Museum's most popular, famous and unique exhibitions. Hear the stories behind these fascinating treasures from nature and human culture.

Find more

Kraft Story Time
Everyday in July and August, weekends year round

Take a seat in one of our exhibition halls, hear a story, and make an art project to take home, all in 20 minutes! This summer we’ll be featuring Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by Henry Barker, ...more

Kraft Story Time
Saturdays & Sundays

Take a seat in one of our exhibition halls, hear a story, and make an art project to take home, all in 20 minutes! This fall we’ll be featuringCan I Have A Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I Please? by Lo ...more

Scientists at the Field
Thursdays in July and August

Visit the Underground Adventure exhibition and learn more about the complexities of soil with these real life scientists, w ...more

Artists at The Field
3rd Saturday of the Month

Bring your pencils and your brushes and get tips from professional artists throughout the museum as they study, weave, draw, paint and sculpt. ...more


Other Programs

Insects: 105 Years of Collecting
Extended Run

The Field Museum's entomologists have accumulated one of the largest collections of insects in the Western Hemisphere. The Museum's collection is expanding constantly through field work, purchases, an ...more

Harris Educational Loan Center
Year Round

Families are now welcome to borrow any of our Harris Loan materials (for a small fee). From Experience Boxes with playable instruments from around the world to Exhibit Cases of native Illinois bird ...more

Spend the Night at the Museum!
Dozin' with the Dinos


Sue the T. rex is having a sleepover! Join us for a night of family workshops, tours and performances. Explore ancient Egypt by flashlight, prowl an African savannah with man-eating lions, and ...more

Live from the Poles!
July-August, 2008

Join a team of scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on an expedition to Greenland's ice cap. Get an inside look at a major scientific expedition to Greenland and learn about the resea ...more

The Chairs Memorial
A memorial for the children of Chicago who have died in street violence
August 5 - September 5, 2008

Each of the chairs of this memorial represents a Chicago youth who lost his or her life to street violence in the past year.

Like each life, the chairs are one of a kind. Created by students ...more

Fossil Hunt at Mazon Creek
August 23, 2008 & September 13, 2008


BOTH DATES SOLD OUT!

Do you like to hunt fossils? Come with us to the world-famous Mazon Creek site, and discover what Illinois was like more than 300 million years ago! ...more

Wildlife Painting in America:
Catesby, Wilson, Audubon, and Fuertes
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Robert McCracken Peck will present a historical perspective of wildlife painting featuring the work of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, a renowned painter of birds, whose artistic career culminated in the 19 ...more

Margaret Mead Film Festival:
The Politics of Water
September 27, 2008


Film #1: The Water Front
In Highland Park, Michigan, local activists dealing with economic justice and welfare rights fight to keep their community’s water from being privatized. ...more

Living with Wolves
October 11, 2008

Join Emmy Award winning filmmakers and wolf experts Jim and Jamie Dutcher for a compelling multi-media presentation, including a 40-minute segment of their film, Living with Wolves. Learn th ...more

National Geographic Live! at The Field Museum
October 21, 2008 - April 21, 2009

Oct 21, 2008 7:30 PM
Food: A Cultural Journey
Penny De Los Santos
In this sumptuous journey through Mexico, Brazil, India, and Europe, photographer Penny De Los Sant ...more


Educator Workshops

Explore Earth and its cultures at The Field Museum’s educator workshops and professional development sessions. Earn CPDUs, CEUs, CPS Lane Credit or National-Louis graduate credit. Participants must pr... more information

Educator Open House
Friday, October 3, 2008


The Field Museum invites educators of all subjects and grades to join us for a private evening of celebration and learning at our Educator Open House. This year, we proudly announce the partic ...more

Fall 2008 National Geographic Live! Educator Programs



Take part in an exciting series of educator workshops in which you will explore National Geographic Live! lecture topics with scientists and fellow educators. Program includes one full-day Satur ...more


Year Round Student Classes

All programs have a maximum of 40 students. 3-5 chaperones required.

For more information, please call 312-665-7548.

To register for any of these ongoing student classes, please d... more information

Egypt Unwrapped (Grades 3-8)
On site:
Monday and Friday
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., includes 30 min. for lunch
Cost: $4 per student

Children will prepare a mummy for its journey to the afterlife. They’ll explore the traditions and beliefs of ancient Egypt as they recreate sacred objects and treasures of this ancient civilization. ...more

Africa's Beat (Grades K-3)


Explore a variety of African instruments and create your own African Percussion Ensemble, complete with self-made instruments and traditional rhythms.

On Site:
Mondays through Fri ...more

The Great Fossil Hunt (Grades 3–8)
On site:
Monday and Friday
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., includes 30 min. for lunch
Cost is $4 per student

Youngsters will find out what it takes to be a paleontologist! They’ll learn about the process of fossilization as they unearth and prepare dinosaur bones for display, discovering what fossils can tel ...more

Into Africa (Grades 3-8)
On site:
Monday and Friday

Kids will explore the diversity of African ecosystems and the plants and animals that inhabit them. State Goals: Science 11.A, 11.B, 12.A, 12.B; Language Arts 1-5 ...more

Evolution 101 (Grades 9-12)


Join us for an in-depth look at some important evolution basics and discover why it’s become so important to scientists. Tour Evolving Planet and other exhibitions to get a better under ...more

The Art of Ancient Maya Pottery (Grades 6-8)
Monday through Friday, available starting March 12, 2007

Learn about ancient pottery traditions of the Maya, then do some hands-on experimenting forming and decorating pots. Students will use tools and techniques that were available to preColumbian Maya pot ...more

Family Life in the Americas: Past and Present (Grades 3-8)
Beginning March 12, 2007
Monday through Friday

Explore family life across the Americas, today and in the past. Step into an ancient pueblo house and learn about growing up in an early Puebloan community. Students will discover similarities and d ...more

Cultures of the Ancient Americas (Grades 9-12)
Monday through Friday, available starting March 12, 2007

Investigate the social and political systems of the early people of the Americas. Learn how different societies organized themselves to meet their needs, then use this new knowledge to explore connect ...more


Guided Student Tours

Explore the Museum with an expert! Docent-led tours are fascinating, fun and allow your students to ask lots of questions.

Programs are free with field trip registration, and last 45 minutes... more information

Africa (Grades 4-12)
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Explore how people have adapted to the deserts, savannahs and rainforests on this vast continent. ...more

Northwest Coast Indians and Arctic Peoples (Grades 4-12)
Mondays and Thursdays

Compare life in Alaska with that along our Northwest coast, and see how these environments led to two unique cultures. ...more

Pawnee Earth Lodge (Grades 2-12)
Monday through Friday

Examine touchable objects and learn about traditional Native American Pawnee culture, culture change and contemporary Pawnee life. ...more

Dinosaurs (Grades 3–12)
Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays

Tour Evolving Planet and examine a variety of fossils to discover the fascinating world of dinosaurs. ...more

Inside Ancient Egypt Independent Studies: Hieroglyphs (Grades 5–8)
Wednesdays and Thursdays

Go on a treasure hunt for missing letters of a hieroglyphic message, then write your own secret message. ...more

Inside Ancient Egypt Independent Studies: Plants and Animals of Ancient Egypt (Grades 3–5)
Mondays

Search out examples of important flora and fauna of ancient Egypt—like the lotus, the hippo, and the baboon—and sketch them! ...more

Inside Ancient Egypt Independent Studies: Symbols in Ancient Egypt
Tuesdays and Fridays

Venture into the dark hall of mummies or the bustling marketplace to find common Egyptian icons and their meanings. ...more

Ancient Egypt (Grades 6-12)
Monday through Friday starting January 2007

Unlock the secrets of tombs, mummies, treasures and more. ...more

Ruatepupuke, Maori Meeting House (Grades 4-12)
Mondays and Thursdays

Visit this exquisitely carved structure from New Zealand and learn about its history, culture, and people. ...more


Student Programs at Your School

Egypt Unwrapped
On site:
Monday and Friday
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., includes 30 min. for lunch
Cost is $4 per student

Prepare a mummy for its journey to the afterlife. You‚ll explore the traditions and beliefs of ancient Egypt as you recreate sacred objects and treasures of this ancient civilization. State Goals: 17. ...more

Africa's Beat (Grades K-3)
On site:
Monday and Friday
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. , includes 30 min. for lunch
Cost is $4 per student

Little ones will explore a variety of African instruments and create their own African percussion ensemble, complete with self-made instruments and traditional rhythms. State Goals: Social Sciences 1 ...more

The Great Fossil Hunt (Grades 3–8)
On site:
Mondays through Friday
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., includes 30 min. for lunch
Cost is $4 per student

Find out what it takes to be a paleontologist! Students will learn about the process of fossilization as they search the floor of The Field Museum for fossils. Then they'll unearth and prepare fossili ...more




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