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...
Thieves steal Napoleonic crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum
In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, thieves smashed display...
On a tour in Chicago, state reps hear from museum leaders in an uncertain cultural funding landscape
Rep. Kimberly DuBuclet organized the Thursday tour, which began at the DuSable Black History Museum,...
Fall 2025 in Chicago: Everything you need to know for books, theater, movies and more
The Tribune's writers and critics have assembled their guides for fall arts and entertainment in...
Workers at Museum of Science and Industry vote to authorize a strike
Members of the union representing Museum of Science and Industry workers voted to authorize a...
Giant penguins and the world’s longest snake: Field Museum digs into the era that followed the dinosaurs
We know the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic era and the woolly mammoths of the ice...
Column: The Art Institute defends the title of ‘Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World.’ A catalog contributor is skeptical.
The artist best known in Chicago for his “Paris Street; Rainy Day” is getting a...
Prison bars fashioned into sonic sculpture for musical performance at Gallery 400
The performance will use a sonic sculpture — made partly of glass rods cast from...
What if you could see inside machines? ‘Art of X-rays’ opens at the Griffin MSI
Photographer Andrei Duman uses X-rays to create the images in "Beyond the Surface." The objects...
Bachelor gorillas, endangered spider monkeys make debut with Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s new primate habitat
The three-acre, $66 million Tropical Forests habitat opened Friday after more than two years of...
‘Reptiles Alive!’ is now open at the Field Museum, changing the way you look at snakes, lizards and even birds
Legless lizards, anyone? Breaking down assumptions about reptiles has been the life’s work of associate...