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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 ...
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In the early 1930s, the Field Museum commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to create bronze sculptures for an exhibition called The Races of Mankind. Hoffman, who trained under Auguste Rodin, traveled ...
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Hear from Native American and Indigenous people as they tell their own stories—through words, music, dance, and art. Understand the historical significance of items in the Field’s collection, like ...
Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. This session features Zeray Alemseged of the University of Chicago. The A. Watson ...
Join us for a dialogue between Māori art historian Ngarino Ellis and Field Museum Collections Manager Christopher Philipp as they explore this groundbreaking work on Māori art. Toi Te Mana: An ...
Our weekly seminar series features speakers and their research related to the study of natural history and culture. This week Dr. John Maerz Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, ...
Despite our planet’s astounding biodiversity, all life on Earth has one thing in common: DNA. It contains the genetic keys to development and reproduction, from microscopic bacteria to plants, fungi, ...