Field Museum
Royal treasures of the Indian maharajas. We preview the new exhibition at the Field Museum.
Saddled with heavy debt, the Field Museum is facing painful cuts. We talk with the museum president about how the museum will adapt.
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The new president of the Field Museum shares his vision for one of the city's cultural icons.
Royal treasures of the Indian maharajas. We preview the new exhibition at the Field Museum.
The Gidwitz Hall of Birds at the Field Museum gets a makeover. The museum’s Associate Curator of Birds joins us to talk about the updates and additions.
Fashion at the Field Museum. We join designer Maria Pinto as she digs deep into the museum's collection for an exhibit about cross-cultural clothing.
A new study by a Field Museum biologist shows that despite protections, life inside nature reserves can be affected by the environment surrounding the reserve. Steve Goodman joins us to tell us more, and how this affects Chicago.
Meet the Field Museum's artist-in-residence. We get a behind-the-scenes tour of a most unusual studio environment.
Scientists from The Field Museum join us to talk about a new "extreme" exhibit that opens on Friday.
A rock from the fireball that caused a sonic boom as it fell in Nevada last month will join the Field Museum's meteorite collection on Tuesday.
Meet the Field Museum's artist-in-residence. We get a behind-the-scenes tour of a most unusual studio environment.
The Field Museum has a new exhibit, giving visitors a chance to see mummies that have not been viewed by the public for over 100 years. We get a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibit.
Chicago is in the midst of a snowy owl invasion! We talk with a birder and a Field Museum scientist looking to uncover the hidden city dangers facing these beautiful creatures.
Asteroids, Peanut Allergies, Fossils & Dark Energy
Hollywood loves it when giant rocks fall from space, but scientists assure us that the asteroid passing close to Earth tonight will NOT hit us. We have a close encounter with our science guy, Neil Shubin, who also has a little show-and-tell with a huge fossil.
The Field Museum will have bats on the brain when it hosts a public symposium on flying mammals and the disease that threatens them. We hear from a zoologist about why bats are so important to the ecosystem.