The Field Museum commits to honor and respect this history and heritage in the fulfillment of our Mission, Strategic Objectives, and Core Values. The Museum is built on the traditional homelands of ...

Find carts in Stanley Field Hall to learn about our collection’s amazing specimens. Stumble on Discovery Squad carts between 10am and 3pm, every day in Stanley Field Hall. Itching for a little more ...

Compare Fossil Pokémon like Tyrantrum and Archeops with real-world fossils—including SUE the T. rex.

Experience SUE the T. rex like never before with new multisensory additions to the iconic dinosaur’s suite in the Field Museum’s Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet exhibition. T. rex enthusiasts will be ...

Tucked within an arresting collection of taxidermied mammals of Africa in the Rice Gallery, the man-eating lions of Tsavo are two of the Field Museum’s most famous residents—and also the most infamous ...

We are closed. The museum will open tomorrow again to the public at 9am.

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP) is a powerful technique of chemical characterization capable of simultaneously measuring up to 50 different elements, including trace elements, ...

Come face-to-face with one of the world’s most famous predators and experience the life of SUE the T. rex as never before. Featuring a new, fully articulated SUE cast with added gastralia (“belly ribs ...

CHICAGO – May 14, 2025 – Pokémon Fossil Museum, the Japanese special exhibition that compares fossil Pokémon from the popular Pokémon video game series with ancient life forms found in real-world ...

Crystals inside a prehistoric bone rewrote scientists’ estimates of the age of the archaeological site, suggesting that the stone tools were made during a harsh ice age In central China, scientists ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It’s the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— including the ones alive today— are dinosaurs. And while the first ...