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Anthropology
Anthropology at The Field Museum is all about what makes us human, our place in nature, our common concerns and our differences. Field Museum anthropologists explore these issues through laboratory and collections-based research at the Museum and at field sites throughout the world. Anthropology staff build and maintain the Museum's world class collections which now include more than a million and a half objects documenting the diversity and accomplishments of humankind. Museum anthropologists also teach others about what they have learned through exhibits, school age educational programs, public programs and opportunities for advanced training.
Image above: Ceramic mask from Teotihuacan, Mexico. Catalog Number 2475.240829. © The Field Museum, A114447_01d, Photographer John Weinstein.
Our Collections
After being displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, some 50,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects formed the original core of the Museum's holdings at the time of its founding. Since then the collections have grown and continue to be a vital resource for knowledge and ongoing research....
