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Help support The Field by shopping for your groceries at Whole Foods Market on Wednesday, November 11, and Whole Foods Market will donate 5% of total sales from it's five Chicago stores during that day to The Field Museum!

Shop at the following locations to show your support:

South Loop
1101 S. Canal St.

Gold Coast
30 W. H...uron St.

Lincoln Park
1550 N. Kingsbury St.

Lakeview
3300 N. Ashland Ave.

Halsted & Waveland
3640 N. Halsted St.
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Time:8:00AM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:Chicago Area Whole Foods Market Stores
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The Field Museum Join us tomorrow night for a special National Geographic Live! Event: From the Front Lines of Global Health with Karen Kasmauski. Listen as Kasmauski shares moving stories about the heroic efforts of community medical professionals—“frontline soldiers” in the war against suffering and disease—from the frozen rivers of Alaska to the slums of Nairobi to the hamlets of Appalachia.

Location:1400 S Lake Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60605
Time:7:30PM Tuesday, November 3rd
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The Field Museum Join us for an afternoon of fun at the Crown Family PlayLab! There's lots to do, to see and enjoy: costume contests, trick-or-treat games and projects, and a very special appearance from Cirque Du Soleil. This event is free with Museum admission.

Location:The Field Museum Crown Family PlayLab
Time:11:00AM Saturday, October 31st
Silvia
Silvia
How much does this cost?
October 29 at 2:52pm
Sharon
Sharon
This event is free with Museum admission
October 29 at 5:04pm
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The Field Museum Calling all Educators! Explore our permanent exhibitions, including the newly-renovated and Grainger Hall of Gems, visit behind-the-scenes with scientists, and delve into hands-on activity stations. The first 300 pre-registered educators who check-in will receive a ticket to our newest temporary exhibition, The Nature of Diamonds. Gather a wealth of information and materials to start your school year off right.

The first 300 pre-registered educators that check in will see The Nature of Diamonds for free!
Location:The Field Museum
Time:9:00AM Saturday, November 7th
Kristie
Kristie
Saw both last night - gorgeous! And very educational!
October 27 at 2:49pm
Elizabeth Betty Buenning
Elizabeth Betty Buenning
What a great exhibit, well done!
October 27 at 4:20pm
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The Field Museum Immerse yourself in all things DNA-related in our newly launched DNA Discovery Center and Pritzker Lab page on facebook! Check out the latest news on DNA, interact with featured scientists and learn all about our working, state-of-the-art DNA research facility where dozens of scientists are currently analyzing the DNA of thousands of different species—from the fungi of Antarctica to the birds of the Amazon.

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The Field Museum For those fans that are in the Chicago area, be sure to watch Dr. Lance Grande and Anna Huntley from The Field Museum discuss The Nature of Diamonds and the Grainger Hall of Gems on Chicago Tonight at 7 pm tonight on channel 11.

October 26 at 10:37am
Amy
Amy
Ah, diamonds....
October 26 at 12:59pm
Renee G Berentsen Davis
Renee G Berentsen Davis
Lance Grande is one cool cat!
October 26 at 6:44pm
Susan
Susan
Wonderful exhibit!
October 26 at 9:29pm
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The Field Museum Drop that BeDazzler! Come visit The Field this weekend and be dazzled by The Nature of Diamonds & Grainger Hall of Gems, open now! http://tinyurl.com/ygzlmgq http://tinyurl.com/ykh9owh

Source: tinyurl.com
Kathleen Kallend
Kathleen Kallend
With extra like!!!!
October 23 at 7:49pm
Julia Ciezadlo
Julia Ciezadlo
wow..Wow...WOW
October 24 at 7:46pm
Moses
Moses
it's awesome. beautifully done!
November 2 at 4:02pm
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The Field Museum
Advanced tickets go on sale today for The Nature of Diamonds, opening on October 23! See nearly 800 exquisite objects, including some of the world’s most stunning gemstones, that tell the story of our fascination with the beauty and power of this “King of Gems.” Feast your eyes on the 128.54-carat Tiffany Diamond—one ...of the world's largest and finest fancy yellow diamonds—and the Incomparable Diamond—weighing in at 407.48 carats as the largest flawless diamond ever graded by the GIA and the third largest cut diamond ever recorded!Read More

Source: www.fieldmuseum.org
Stacey McTyre
Stacey McTyre
We just missed it!!! Glad we got to see Pirates, though, that was awesome.
October 20 at 4:48pm
Moses
Moses
Just saw The Nature of Diamonds, it was wonderful. the store has some great vintage pieces for sale, One is a Vintage ring in it's original Marshall Fields box. The new gems hall is beautiful too! it's on until March 28th.
November 2 at 4:01pm
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The Field Museum Visiting the Museum today? Bring in your old cell phones & accessories to The Field's Information Desk to be recycled today, October 14. Donated phones will be refurbished for a continued eco-friendly existence, thanks to Motorola.

October 14 at 8:13am
Steven Schwark
Steven Schwark
You should invite the Smithsonian in DC to participate in a program like this with you - I bet there would be a huge turnout.
October 14 at 8:48am
Mary Davis
Mary Davis
is this true on Friday too?
October 14 at 8:25pm
Ryan T Kernan
Ryan T Kernan
wat do we get?
October 15 at 3:55pm
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The Field Museum Watch the Chicago Police Department at work as they scan SUE, from 10 am to 4 pm tomorrow, 10/10!

October 9 at 8:08am
Lois Vella
Lois Vella
Book her, Danno!!
October 9 at 5:00pm
Ivonne Canellada
October 9 at 9:17pm
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The Field Museum The Chicago Police Department's most advanced crime scene technology will be used to help answer questions about SUE. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1809089,chicago-police-sue-t-rex-field-museum-100609.article

Source: www.suntimes.com
Chicago Police technology seeks to find out how 'Sue' moved - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Christie M. Kitterman
Christie M. Kitterman
I saw Sue the day she came to the Field Museum. I go to the Field Museum almost every year, so I see her all the time. :)
October 7 at 11:59pm
Laura Canales
Laura Canales
I ♥ Sue. Saw them cleaning her when she arrived, and later saw her and her separated head a few years later. Awesome!
October 8 at 4:20pm
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The Field Museum Meet Lyuba, the best-preserved baby mammoth in the world coming to The Field in Mammoths and Mastodons, opening 3/5.

Source: bit.ly
Field Museum first to display baby mammoth Lyuba - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Nanci
Nanci
Awww! Sue (the T. rex) gets a new friend!! She'll be thrilled!
September 30 at 3:55pm
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The Field Museum
Brian, there are no plans to include Brewster at this time, the specimen recovered was too fragmented to put on display.
October 1 at 7:53am
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The Field Museum We've reached over 10,000 facebook fans! Thanks to all of our Field Museum fans, we've had a great time interacting with you all through Facebook.

September 29 at 6:53am
Carol
Carol
Very cool!
September 29 at 10:29am
Gita
Gita
You are welcome
September 29 at 1:22pm
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The Field Museum Learn how The Field Museum is working with Iraqi scientists on The Iraqi Cultural Heritage Project, a program dedicated to helping Iraqis fix and preserve their damaged heritage.

Source: www.wbez.org
Neal
Neal
heard about it on wbez the other day. keep it up!
September 24 at 12:49pm
Sarah Sticha
Sarah Sticha
represent, jim!
September 24 at 4:20pm
Carter
Carter
wow: ...Flash to the Field Museum, about six years later. Six Iraqi scientists are here on a project to get training to fix and preserve artifacts.

They stand around a plain wooden crate with chief conservator Ruth Norton. The box doesn’t look like much, but hidden inside, there’s a treasure.

NORTON: Is it true these are the first wheels, the oldest known wheels excavated?... Read More

IRAQI SCIENTISTS: The oldest.
September 25 at 10:56am
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