Two visitors sit together on a bench, looking at life-size sculptures of people by Malvina Hoffman. In the foreground several bronze busts are displayed in a glass case.

Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman

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How a visit to the Field inspired Betye Saar's art

The Field Museum

A Year in Review and a Look to the Future

Colorfully painted postcard with an aerial view of the 1893 World's Fair. There are rows of different buildings, some with tall domes, and Lake Michigan is visible in the background. The caption reads, "View from Ferris Wheel."

Travel Back to the World's Fair in Our Collection

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Close-up view of brown tail vertebrae that curve around. They're positioned on a white cushion.

Rediscovering a Dinosaur Named Elmer

The dinosaur's eight-foot-long tail is nearly complete.

A colored photograph with black border, showing three tents in a row. The foreground is sandy, and the background has a few sparse trees and mountains.

Snapshot of 1896 Expedition Life

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A hand-colored glass lantern slide of camp in Somaliland, with Daniel G. Elliot (with a white beard) seated in his tent. Photo Archives CSZ5941c

The Fossils in the Floor

The 'Sistine Chapel of Taxidermy'—Conserving Akeley's Elephants

The Rare Book Room!

Black and white photograph of a woman in a floral dress with a large bird on her hand, and a small child smiling and standing at her side

Beautiful Strangers: Stories of People and Collections

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Is Taxidermy ART?

Spring Migration Notes...By a Murderer

The Flapper and the Panda

A Lifetime of Curiosity

Carl Akeley's Striped Hyenas

1893 World's Columbian Exposition

What is a Museum?

Ask Emily #2

Field Museum Maidens

Our Building's Greek Architecture

Malvina Hoffman's Expedition

Berlin Negatives

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Edward E. Ayer Collection

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World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Collection

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Cast of "Stela A" from Copan, Honduras. It is pictured here on display in the hall of Aboriginal Sculpture in the South Court at the Field Columbian Museum, c.1905. Collected by Edward H. Thompson, this stela cast was originally on exhibit in the Anthropological Building of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. © The Field Museum, CSA17054, Photographer Charles Carpenter.

A composite of three photographs related to taxidermist Carl Akeley: Akeley standing near a leopard he killed, one scene from the "Four Seasons of the Deer" diorama, and a view of African elephants.

Photo Archives - Carl Akeley Collection

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A composite of three photographs related to taxidermist Carl Akeley: Akeley standing near a leopard he killed, one scene from the Four Seasons of the Deer diorama, and a view of African elephants.

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Winter camp scene. Wigwam shaped tent covered with caribou skins in a winter camp of the people at head of Flowers River.  Young dog in foreground. Barren Ground people at head of Flower River
 
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First and Second Rawson-MacMillan Subarctic Expeditions

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Remembering Bill Stanley

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Museum History

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