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From earthquakes to tornadoes, get inside natural disasters and discover how nature’s forces shape our planet in Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters. Tickets on sale now.

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Go 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 in Evolving Planet.

See Sue, the world's largest, most complete and most famous T. rex. Explore our What Lived With Sue interactive!

Little explorers have their own place in a big museum! There's a playdate every day in the Crown Family PlayLab

Enjoy easy shopping in our Online Store and find unique, hand-crafted gifts and jewelry, as well as books, stationery and educational toys.

Learn how the American obsession with lawns fuels a $40 billion industry for the nation’s most irrigated crop—the lawn in the short film Gimme Green, part of the Margaret Mead Film Festival.

Expeditions@ fieldmuseum™ follows Field Museum scientists as they conduct groundbreaking scientific research around the world through dispatches, interactives, photos and more. Sign up for email updates today!

Hours:
Daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Last admission at 4 p.m.
Holidays and Early Closings

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Target Free Second Mondays schedule

Online Tickets
Member Tickets
Group Tickets

Download our Permanent Collections Audio Tour
Now available in both English and Spanish.

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The Field Museum is now on Facebook, Myspace and Flickr!

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* Above images: Nature Unleashed (© NOAA Photo Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)), Evolving Planet (© The Field Museum), Crown Family PlayLab (© The Field Museum), Crafting girls (© The Field Museum), Sue (© The Field Museum), Chinese bottle (© The Field Museum), Gary Feinman (© The Field Museum, J. Weinstein, GN90769_227d.)

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