Field Museum

Museum talks give UChicago graduate students’ research a new audience Laura Hunter speaks to a group of museum visitors in front of a museum display case featuring hominid Lucy.

Museum talks give UChicago graduate students’ research a new audience

Crystals from Apollo mission find moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought Orbital sunrise

Crystals from Apollo mission find moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi Lichen Folmannia orthoclada growing on a rock

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi

SUE the T. rex’s right arm undergoes CT scan at UChicago Medicine A closeup view of Field Museum researchers removing SUE's arm before the CT scan

SUE the T. rex’s right arm undergoes CT scan at UChicago Medicine

New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say cross section of a meteorite on black background with colors highlighting different inclusions in the rock

New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say

Meteorite provides record of asteroids ‘spitting out’ pebbles Bennu

Meteorite provides record of asteroids ‘spitting out’ pebbles

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations Clam shells

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations

How a UChicago initiative fostered ‘synergy’ between art and science Biophilia

How a UChicago initiative fostered ‘synergy’ between art and science

Poetry in a museum: Alum finds inspiration among wildlife dioramas Eric Elshtain, PhD'10

Poetry in a museum: Alum finds inspiration among wildlife dioramas

The complicated relationship between museums and Native Americans Kevin Red Star, Spring Time, 2019

The complicated relationship between museums and Native Americans