1927: The Stevens Hotel — then the largest hotel in the world — opened on Michigan Avenue. The $30 million, 28-story towers contained 3,000 rooms, an 18-hole rooftop miniature golf course complete ...

The color, vibrancy and texture of Africa is on display at the Chicago Field Museum in the exhibit "Africa Fashion." ...

Following the groundbreaking renovation of its Native North America Hall (reopened in 2022), the Field Museum is reimagining its galleries of Africa and of Ancient Egypt.

More than 550 students from 46 Chicago Public Schools took part in the second annual STEAM Fest at the Field Museum, hosted ...

Not only is the Pong Pong tree real but Chicago's Field Museum has samples of the poison seeds this season of the show have made infamous. The museum keeps the Cerbera odollam seeds stored in a ...

which include admissions to the museum. The Chicago CityPASS also covers access to a 3D film. The Field Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but no visitors are admitted after 4 p.m. The ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants at the Field Museum, wears gloves to protect her hands as she displays a deadly pong-pong seed ...

A survey found that Americans think the coolest work you can do in Illinois is be a fossil expert at the Field Museum.

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is available to ... the exhibit called Africa fashion was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and features creations from 22 African countries.

Up at the Miller Lite Ultimate Tailgate at the Field Museum, the Mariachi Sirenas — Chicago's first all-female mariachi group — put on their own show. The women blend Mexican heritage with a modern ...

the Indianapolis ABCs beat the visiting Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League’s inaugural game. 1921: The Field Museum opened to visitors in its current space off DuSable Lake ...