When paleontology meets Pokémon, at the Field Museum
Pokémon fossils and real fossils are displayed side-by-side in a new exhibit at the Field...
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KITT replica car gets New York City speeding ticket while at Volo Museum: ‘It’s got to be a joke’
A replica of KITT, a car featured in "Knight Rider" parked and on display at...
Today in Chicago History: Sue the T. rex unveiled at the Field Museum
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 17, according...
Bayless family gifts $1M for the National Museum of Mexican Art renovation
The renovated West Wing performance space will be renamed Foro de Artes Bayless and is...
France reckons with Nazi-looted art in a new Paris museum gallery
France is reckoning with one of the longest silences in its postwar memory: the looted,...
New Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to ‘reclaim’ body types that art history has ignored
The new Met Gala show is the most consciously body-positive show attempted. Its most prominent...
Today in Chicago History: 8,000 people attend opening of Field Museum on the lakefront
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 2, according...
Obama Foundation hosts Earth Day event at Jackson Park
Around 150 volunteers gathered in Jackson Park for an Earth Day cleanup and planting event...
Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000
A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking...
World’s oldest octopus fossil found 50 miles southwest of Chicago isn’t an octopus after all, scientists say
A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after...