Collections & Research

The Field Museum houses and maintains an encyclopedic collection of more than 25 million cultural artifacts and scientific specimens.

Collection Digitization
The Museum is initiating a large-scale effort to digitize more than half a million specimens in order to increase access to our valuable collections for students, researchers, and scientists around the world.

Repatriation Program
The Museum’s Repatriation Program collaborates with Native American communities to return their ancestors’ remains and restore their cultural patrimony under the law.

For more information, please contact June Hou at jhou@fieldmuseum.org or (312) 665-7120.

Photo: © The Field Museum, GN91071_10d, Photographer John Weinstein