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Archaeology
January 14th, 2011
Exhibition ran from May 26 2006 - Jan 1 2007. Showcases nearly 130 dazzling Egyptian treasures from the tombs of Tut and his royal relatives, many of which have never before traveled outside Egypt!
January 13th, 2011
For six short months in 1893, Jackson Park in Chicago was home to one of the largest and most spectacular expositions of the 19th Century. Near the close of the Fair, The Field Columbian Museum (now The Field Museum) was founded.
January 13th, 2011
Exhibition ran from Oct 28 2008 - Apr 19 2009. Explore the grandeur and sophistication of one of history's greatest civilizations—the Aztec Empire—and find out how a community that began in the middle of a lake eventually became the capital of an empire. Hundreds of spectacular artifacts and works of art assembled together for the first time provide a look into the remarkable rise and fall of The Aztec World.
January 13th, 2011
The Field Museum of Natural History has an extensive collection of valuable archaeological materials from the southwestern United States from work conducted between 1930 and the early 1970s, when Paul Martin was involved in excavations at 69 sites.
January 13th, 2011
The ancient city of Kish was occupied from at least as early as 3200 B.C. through the 7th century A.D. From 1923 through 1933, joint archaeological expeditions of The Field Museum of Natural History and Oxford University explored many of the twenty-four-square-kilometer site's forty mounds, uncovering significant evidence of Kish's extremely early urbanization and its prominence as a dominant regional polity.
January 12th, 2011
The real objects and other kinds of information relating to life, customs, and traditions around the globe that are acquired and safeguarded by museums are much more than just "scientific evidence" suitable for academic research.Anthropology collections acquired at different times and in different places can also serve as genuine material witness to the reality of human diversity, past and present.Equally important, anthropology collections of "things" combined with carefully documented information on their manufacture, use, and human meanings can also serve as authentic historical benchmarks
January 12th, 2011
The Field Museum Department of Anthropology has a long history of research and institutional collaboration with a wide variety of Asian groups. The Field Museum Department of Anthropology has a long history of research and institutional collaboration with a wide variety of Asian groups. Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), curator of Asian Anthropology from 1908 to 1934, was a pioneer in the study of Asian cultures. Today, Curator Gary Feinman currrently directs a collaborative research project in China that explores the emergence of early complex societies in the Shandong region.
January 12th, 2011
The Field Museum’s European collections offer visitors and scholars a view of daily life--and death--in the Classical world of the Mediterranean and in prehistoric Europe.
January 12th, 2011
Explore the Museum during one of our Student Programs or Guided Tours.
January 11th, 2011
Historically research in the Asia Division has focused on the evolution of technology and trade and the development of complex societies during the late Neolithic period in northern China. Today, Curator Gary Feinman conducts archaeological survey in Shandong, China.