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Museum Campus improvements make sense whether Bears stay or not, parks advocate says

Friends of the Parks Executive Director Juanita Irizarry is excited about plans for more green space, which is at least a start on keeping a long-ago promise to move Soldier Field parking lots to the west side of DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 12, 2022

Field Museum gets crates of spotted limestone — but it’s not floor tiles

The spots are fossilized meteorites that fell to Earth after a collision nearly a billion years ago somewhere between Mars and Jupiter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 11, 2022

Juneteenth in Chicago: Celebrating history, continuing a struggle for freedoms

“All of those things our ancestors paid for, for other people to benefit from, we deserve,” says the DuSable Museum of African American History’s Kim Dulaney.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 17, 2022

Ancient artform of Ukrainian Easter eggs preserves culture, history of a nation under attack. ‘It’s like writing a prayer or a message’

CHICAGO -- Maria Fedachtchin’s fingers trembled a bit as she etched the first intricate lines of beeswax along the smooth, unblemished shell of an egg cradled in her palm.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 13, 2022

As Chicago’s Native American population grows, more efforts are underway to build community

Over the past 10 years, more Chicagoans are identifying as Native American — up from 13,337 in 2010 to 34,543 in 2020, according to a Sun-Times analysis of census data.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2022

In Chicago, many birds laying eggs earlier, Field Museum study finds, pointing to climate change

‘At least some species are nesting as much as 25 days earlier now than . . . in the early 1900s and late 1800s,’ researcher John Bates says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 4, 2022

Many bird species nesting and laying eggs nearly a month early, study says

Heating of the atmosphere, due to the burning of fossil fuels, is seemingly upending a process that long appeared unshakeable

The Guardian - US · Mar 25, 2022

New Field Museum exhibit brings to life Jurassic oceans

"Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep" provides visitors with a deep dive into the animals that lurked in the oceans while dinosaurs roamed the land.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2022

Afternoon Edition: Jan. 28, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 28, 2022

New interactive virtual tour brings pediatric inpatients to Field Museum

The Field Museum is the first partner of the WeGo Foundation in the Midwest.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2022