Consider purchasing a Chicago CityPASS or a Go City Chicago Card, which include admissions to the museum. The Chicago ...

Field Museum shares fossil discoveries from Mazon Creek in Illinois Those who know a lot about fossils are likely already familiar with the Mazon Creek fossil just outside Chicago.

People working in Arjan Mann’s laboratory with the Field Museum and the Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois look for fossils at a Mazon Creek fossil bed, which used to be the location of a ...

One of the "world's best fossil sites" is located just an hour outside of the Windy City, according to Chicago Field Museum researchers. Dr. Argan Mann, assistant curator of early tetrapods at the ...

Arjan Mann, the Field Museum’s assistant curator of early tetrapods, and his team have studied and collected fossils over the last year at Mazon Creek, about an hour’s drive southwest of ...

As the Field Museum celebrates 25 years since the debut of Sue, here’s a look back at how the T. rex made its way from the Black Hills of South Dakota to Chicago.

The full interview can be viewed in the video player above. The Pokémon Fossil Museum opens at the Field Museum on May 22, 2026. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Making its U.S. debut in Chicago on Wednesday, the exhibit by the American philanthropist, businessman and photographer is on display at the Ukrainian National Museum through Sept. 7.

"Africa Fashion" is a traveling exhibit on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It will be at the Field Museum through June 29. Click here for more information and to plan your visit.

If you're visiting Chicago in early September, head to Grant Park early – around 11 a.m. to avoid the lines – for the Taste ...

Mazon Creek is a tributary of the Illinois River. Strictly speaking, sources explain, Mazon Creek itself is one of several localities where fossils have been found called the Francis Creek Shale ...