For over 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has served a unique role connecting children of all ages to nature and science, inspiring the wonder in all of us.
The Museum provides award-winning exhibitions and programs to 70,000 students annually and trains and provides resources for more than 2,000 Chicago teachers. The Nature Museum is one of the city’s best examples of eco-friendly building technology, including a green roof, solar panels, natural light sources and native landscaping. The Academy and its Museum are engaged in important conservation and research work, such as its Butterfly Restoration Project. Admission Adults: $9 Students: $7 Seniors: $7 Children: $6 (Age 3 and under are free!) Thursdays are suggested donation days. Our members always get in FREE!
Mission: To create a positive relationship between people and nature through collaborations, education, research and collections, exhibitions, and public forums to grow our region’s urban connection to the world of nature and science.
Operating as usual
We're continuing our 164th birthday celebration! Today, we're getting a behind-the-scenes look at our entomology collection. Insect expert Allen is showcasing some amazing specimens at our collections facility in tihs special episode of Curious By Nature!
Tonight! Join us as our panel addresses the scientific field's problematic past and discusses how we can move forward by learning from the past and each other.
Join the Nature Museum for an important conversation between scientists concerning some important issues in the scientific field.
We're just enjoying some watermelon with Gorgeous the box turtle. She doesn't have any teeth, but she does have a strong beak that helps her bite her food. 🐢
We're marking our 164th birthday this week! As part of the festivities, we're excited to share this webinar featuring Chicago Collections and our senior director of collections, Dawn Roberts. She recently spoke with Chicago Collections about how our collection, dating from the 1830s to the present, provides a unique snapshot of the environment and how these holdings can play an active role in biodiversity studies.
Join the club! Our Curiosity Club is diving into our collections as part of our Founders Week celebration. Join us next Saturday for Is It Real: A Collection Close Up. Use promo code FOUNDERS to enjoy free admission for this special session!
Join the Nature Museum for our new Curiosity Club! We'll explore unique nature and science topics in these fun 1-hour sessions.
How does one reflect on scientists who have made fundamental discoveries in their field through racist, sexist, colonialist practices? This question will guide our panelists from different scientific fields in a powerful conversation during Tainted Knowledge: Reconciling the Scientific Field's Problematic Past. Join us Thursday, during our Founders Week celebration, for this exciting discussion.
Join the Nature Museum for an important conversation between scientists concerning some important issues in the scientific field.
Dr. Allison will be joining our friends at The Adler Planetarium for the Sky Observers Hangout on January 11! They'll talk all about light pollution and how it impacts some unexpected animals. Set a reminder and learn more at the link below.
🔆Light pollution is a problem that many folks may not even be aware of. Light shining upward is wasted energy and wasted money, and this excess light can af...
Test your observation skills and learn all about snakes and salamanders with our Spot the Difference handout! Download it here: https://bit.ly/36Yy610
Dr. Allison is introducing us to one of the beautiful snakes that lives in the Nature Museum Look-In Lab, Blackstar!
Saturday! Join us and our friends from Wildlife Discovery Center for virtual animal encounters. Register your household at the link below.
Get an up close and personal look at some of the star animals who reside at Wildlife Discovery Center – all from the comfort of home!
While our world changes, science never stops. Your end-of-year gift of any amount supports our work connecting students and families with the wonders of nature and science.
Your gifts make a difference! We are going to do our part to help get through this situation. To start, we are helping families get through home school by providing daily […]
Explore John Agnew's incredible artwork virtually. Click through to discover our Crocodilian Scratchboards exhibit.
John Agnew is an artist of the natural world. Driven by a childhood fascination for dinosaurs, he has dedicated his professional and artistic practice to the study of reptiles. Agnew […]
Meet owls, hawks, and more during Raptors in Your Neighborhood on Tuesday, December 29! We're thrilled to be hosting this virtual program with our friends Wings And Talons. Grab your household's ticket at the link below.
Join us to see all kinds of raptors – from owls to hawks to falcons – live and up close!
Let's put the pieces together! Check out our handout all about metamorphosis, then test your knowledge with our printable puzzle! https://bit.ly/2JMjCIX
Dawn's here to show us how to make an amazing nature wreath craft using some common household and natural objects! Once you've made your own wreath, be sure to share it with us via the comments. We'd love to see your works of art!
Tomorrow! We're snacking with our salamanders and learning more about these amazing amphibians. Register for free at the link below.
Watch the salamanders at the Nature Museum munch down on some of their favorite meals!
Snowflakes swirl, snowballs fly, and some snowy owls sing all about what makes Chicago so special in this wintertime favorite from Jabberwocky Marionettes!
Tomorrow! Join our senior director of collections, Dawn, and Chicago Collections for a webinar all about our collections. Registration is free.
CCC is proud to host its fourth installment of Conversations with Chicago Collections.
This Saturday! Join us for a virtual puppet show featuring our friends at Jabberwocky Marionettes. Thank you to Event Sponsor Rose Pest Solutions.
Join us for a whimsical winter wonderland brought to you by our friends at Jabberwocky Marionettes!
Explore how animals prepare for different seasons, by checking out our paper doll activity! Help the animals put on their "winter coats" and more: bit.ly/3qJmFlZ
Support the Nature Museum this holiday season! Find gifts for yourself, your loved ones, and more at our online store. Plus, automatically save 20% all month long! https://bit.ly/2V7xPQV
Join us for Home for the Holidays! Meet amazing animals, watch a captivating puppet show, and more from the comfort and warmth of your own home. Thank you to Event Sponsor Rose Pest Solutions. Get the details: https://bit.ly/37LLh4J
Hello, Herbert! Airen and Lalainya are here to introduce us to Herbert, the adorable hognose snake. Have questions about Herbert or other snakes? Drop them in the comments and our scientists will answer them!
🎶 Blue frog / I saw you swimming alone / Without a croak in your heart / Without a pad of your own🎶 Dr. Allison explains that this bullfrog's blue color mutation is likely a recessive trait and she only sees them "once in a blue frog..." 🐸
Our online store is open! Get your holiday shopping started by exploring our pinned butterfly and moth displays (like this one featuring Madagascan sunset moths), Nature Museum apparel, rooftop honey, and more! https://bit.ly/2V7xPQV
Do plants die in the winter? That's one of the most common questions that visitors ask Seth, our manager of horticulture. We're taking a closer look at plant life cycles in today's season finale episode of Curious By Nature!
Join us this Saturday for a special virtual art workshop! Scientific illustrator Alex Boersma will guide kids and grownups in designing beautiful “puzzle purse” holiday cards featuring our favorite winter animals. https://bit.ly/37x9ziP
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced our world to go virtual, we responded with agility, ingenuity, and creativity. Today, we are providing more remote learning experiences, direct support for teachers, and educational content than any other museum in the city. Help us continue that vital outreach.
Your gifts make a difference! We are going to do our part to help get through this situation. To start, we are helping families get through home school by providing daily […]
Thank you to Rose Pest Solutions for making Back to Nature Friday possible! If you weren't able to enjoy the festivities, don't worry! You can explore our activities and videos, including direction on how to make this beautiful nature wreath, here: https://bit.ly/2VaGBzD
If you've explored our exhibit Crocodilian Scratchboards, you've seen the incredible artwork you can make using just a few tools! Learn how to make your own scratchboard, with multi media exhibit designer Tara as your guide, in today's Curious By Nature!
Thank you so much to Chicago Tribune and Steve Johnson for highlighting our Curious By Nature series and the work we're doing digitally!
You can't go to a Chicago museum in person anymore, but they've been scrambling during the pandemic to come up with new and interesting ways to showcase their treasures.
See hedgehogs, coatis, and more during Back to Nature Friday! Skip the sales and join us for this virtual celebration of animals and the great outdoors: https://bit.ly/3942Xej
Thank you to Event Sponsor Rose Pest Solutions.
Thank you ABC 7 Chicago and Communities In Schools of Chicago for highlighting and helping to bring our virtual field trips to students throughout the city!
Some Chicago Public Schools students are still able to take field trips during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to this nonprofit.
We were thrilled to welcome Dana Rainey, MDW Donations Coordinator at Imperfect Foods to the Nature Museum Look-In Lab today. Imperfect Foods donates more than 100 pounds of produce a month to the museum to feed our animals. Dana helped our animal care team prepare turtle salads and got an up-close look at how we use their generous donations. Thanks for spending some time with us, Dana!
Did you know that beetles go through complete metamorphosis in much the same way as butterflies? Learn more about darkling beetles, with scientist Allen as your guide, in today's Curious By Nature!
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago, IL
60614
The Nature Museum is accessible by CTA bus routes #76, #151 and #156. The closest Divvy Bike station is located in front of the Nature Museum on Cannon Drive.
The Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 as Chicago’s first museum, dedicated to the preservation and display of native specimens. Today the Academy’s collection, due to its age and type, places it among the most important in the world. In 1999, the Academy opened the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln Park. It has welcomed more than 1.5 million visitors and is a unique venue for the public, especially urban dwellers, to find new ways to reconnect with the natural world. The institution has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1978.
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Our local monarch butterflies have started their journey to Michoacán, Mexico. Dr. Doug Taron recently tagged several butterflies before they started their migration. Learn more about this process from Dr. Doug himself!
Saturday! Join us virtually as we tag monarchs, host an interactive butterfly workshop, read a Story Time favorite, and more during Flutter into Fall from Home! It's free, but registration is required to participate in our Magnificent Monarchs virtual family workshop. Details: https://bit.ly/35lYPnW
Manager of horticulture Seth is walking us through the prairie and taking a closer look at composite flowers in today's Growin' on the Grounds!
Wait for it... You never know what cool critters you'll encounter on the Nature Museum grounds! 🐦
If you've been to the Nature Museum, you've probably seen the adorable smiling Blanding's turtles. Get to know this species, and our special conservation work with them, in today's episode of Curious By Nature.
Did you know that butterfly wings are symmetrical? Although there are some exceptions, most of the time a butterfly's left wing is identical in color and pattern to its right wing. Our friend, artist Katherine Lampert, is back to make a butterfly craft based on this idea for our season finale episode of Curious By Nature.
There are so many different types of butterflies you can encounter around the Nature Museum. Bug expert Allen is highlighting some of these species, and telling us more about butterflies, in today's episode of Curious By Nature.
What's growing on the Nature Musem grounds? Let's explore some cool plants with our manager of horticulture, Seth! You can also do some plant exploration in your own neighborhood with our Plants Wonder Workbook: https://bit.ly/31xUcn6
What do fish eat? What do they need to have a healthy habitat? Find out with Marjorie in today's episode of Curious By Nature.
A lot of work goes into preserving the specimens in our natural history collections. Get a look behind the scenes, with Dawn as your guide, in today's episode of Curious By Nature.
Have you heard of the passenger pigeon? Or Carolina parakeet? Dawn is highlighting these extinct bird species, and comparing them to some species you might recognize, in today's episode of Curious By Nature.
What has Dr. Allison been up to? How has she been working with smooth greensnakes? And how does she weigh them? Find out in this short video.
For 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has worked to connect the citizens of Chicago to nature and science through immersive exhibits, family events, and in-depth education programs. Founded in 1857 to give scientists and nature aficionados a place to study and share the specimens they collected, the Chicago Academy of Sciences developed a national and international reputation for its leadership in conservation, its collection and citizen science. Dubbed the first Museum in the West, the Academy's collection has expanded to 390,000 artifacts and specimens, making it the definitive collection of our region's natural history and a valuable resource for researchers. Ongoing research, restoration, and conservation initiatives directly benefit local ecology. Admission Adults: $9 Students: $7 Seniors: $7 Children: $6 (Age 3 and under are free!) Thursdays are suggested donation days for Illinois residents. Our members always get in FREE!
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