Field Museum
AANHPI Month Storytime
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesFor this week's PlayLab PlayDate, families with 2-6 year olds are invited to a free, drop-in, bilingual storytime session hosted by the Chicago Public Library (CPL). Throughout this interactive read aloud, CPL readers will feature stories honoring Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month.
PlayLab PlayDate
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesDrop in to the Crown Family PlayLab for free weekly activites for 2-6 year olds! PlayLab PlayDates are free to museum guests, donβt require pre-registration, and take place on IL Resident Free Days! For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of How to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with...
PlayLab PlayDate: Storytime with Local Children’s Author, Markedia Alston
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesDrop in to the Crown Family PlayLab for free weekly activites for 2-6 year olds! For this week's PlayLab PlayDate, families with 2-6 year olds are invited to a free, drop-in, storytime session hosted by local children's book author, Markedia Alston. During this interactive read aloud, Alston will be reading her book, The Boohoo Boohoo...
Meet a Scientist Cicada Series: Diego Souza & Tatiana Sepulveda
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet the buzz on the broods this summer with our Meet a Scientist Cicada series! This May and June, Illinois will experience a rare, double-emergence of cicada broods XIX and XIII - a phenomenon that occurs once every 221 years. In honor of these little critters, we are hosting a series of cicada-centric events to...
Dinopalooza
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Dino Days of Summer return this June with Dinopalooza. Join us in celebrating the newest member of our flock, the Chicago Archaeopteryx, before it takes off for the rest of the summer. Find out how our new fossil friend shows scientists where past and present collide and understand what it really means to be...
Meet a Scientist Cicada Series: Elizabeth Postema
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet the buzz on the broods this summer with our Meet a Scientist Cicada series! This May and June, Illinois will experience a rare, double-emergence of cicada broods XIX and XIII - a phenomenon that occurs once every 221 years. In honor of these little critters, we are hosting a series of cicada-centric events to...
Meet a Scientist Cicada Series: Bruno de Medeiros
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet the buzz on the broods this summer with our Meet a Scientist Cicada series! This May and June, Illinois will experience a rare, double-emergence of cicada broods XIX and XIII - a phenomenon that occurs once every 221 years. In honor of these little critters, we are hosting a series of cicada-centric events to...
Meet a Scientist: Abbott Laboratories’ Women in STEM
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesAbbott Laboratories' Women in STEM scientists visit the Grainger Science Hub to discuss glucose levels in our food, and how we measure the blood glucose levels in our bodies. Abbott's Women in STEM scientists will also share their educational and career journeys with those aspiring to study or work in the sciences. Scientists, researchers, and...
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