As we close out our Founders Week celebration, we want to invite you on a virtual nature walk through The Grove. Robert Kennicott, a 19th century naturalist and one of our first museum […]
Feasting on Feathers: What’s Eating Your Stuff?
If you visited the Nature Museum in 2011, there’s a good chance you walked through our exhibition titled Feasting on Feathers, exploring the damage pests can do to museum collections […]
Go behind the scenes with our insect collections!
We’re continuing our 164th birthday celebration! Today, we’re opening the vault to get a behind-the-scenes look at our entomology collection and more. Click the video above to watch insect expert Allen showcase some […]
Welcome to Founders Week!
The Chicago Academy of Sciences was officially founded on January 13, 1857. That means we’re celebrating our 164th birthday this week! While we can’t celebrate this milestone in person with all […]
Playing Detective: Reconstructing the Beecher Manuscript Collection
In late 2019, the archive of the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (CAS/PNNM) received a donation of Dr. William J. Beecher’s (1914-2002) large manuscript collection. In […]
Best of Curious By Nature: Creating scratchboard art
Over the last 20 weeks, we’ve been able to share amazing facts, fun crafts, informative videos, and more to help bring wonder to your home. Please enjoy some of our […]
Best of Curious By Nature: Why do leaves change color?
Over the last 20 weeks, we’ve been able to share amazing facts, fun crafts, informative videos, and more to help bring wonder to your home. Please enjoy some of our […]
Best of Curious By Nature: Reptiles vs. amphibians
Over the last 20 weeks, we’ve been able to share amazing facts, fun crafts, informative videos, and more to help bring wonder to your home. Please enjoy some of our […]
Best of Curious By Nature: Meet the spotted turtles
Over the last 20 weeks, we’ve been able to share amazing facts, fun crafts, informative videos, and more to help bring wonder to your home. Please enjoy some of our […]
Best of Curious By Nature: Stellar sun prints!
Over the last 20 weeks, we’ve been able to share amazing facts, fun crafts, informative videos, and more to help bring wonder to your home. Please enjoy some of our […]
Do you ever wonder how a butterfly gets its colors? Or how turtles hibernate? Do you wonder how birds know where to migrate each year? For over 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has served a unique role in the city of Chicago connecting children of all ages to nature and science through immersive exhibits, fun family events, important conservation research and in-depth education programs, inspiring the wonder in all of us.