Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Wonder is in our Nature
Join us at 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm for outdoor nature programs! Register your family for a guided nature walk through the museum’s outdoor exhibits! Learn about the plants and animals that call the museum’s grounds home. From grasses to trees to bugs to birds, you never know what we’ll see! Know Before You Go: All […]
Join Little Miss Ann (Ann Torralba), an award-winning Chicago Family Musician, and the critters of the Nature Museum for a virtual performance to celebrate the sunshine and springtime showers and flowers. Little Miss Ann is a former Chicago Public School teacher, an instructor at the Old Town School of Folk Music, a mom and a […]
Join us at 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm for outdoor nature programs! Register your family for a guided nature walk through the museum’s outdoor exhibits! Learn about the plants and animals […]
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a hawk? Or how a vulture learns to fly? Join us and our friends from Wings and Talons for a live […]
Join us at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm for outdoor nature programs! Register your family for a guided nature walk through the museum’s outdoor exhibits! Learn about the plants and animals […]
Celebrate Earth Day with special animal ambassadors that call the Nature Museum home! Get up close with salamanders, turtles, and other crucial animals. We'll burrow into big ideas about what […]
Start collecting your electronic recyclables and papers to shred. Join us in the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Paver Lot for the 43rd Ward Shredding and Recycling Event. They will be accepting paper documents and unwanted electronics. Please note: electronic office equipment, computer equipment, and personal electronics will be accepted, but tube televisions will not be. […]
Register your family for a guided 20-minute nature walk through the museum’s outdoor exhibits! Learn about the plants and animals that call the museum’s grounds home. From grasses to trees to bugs to birds, you never know what we’ll see! All ages are welcome but this program is designed for families with children ages 3 […]
Join the Nature Museum on a guided tour of the rich ecosystem found in the restored prairie and participate in the City Nature Challenge. Facilitated 20- minute nature walks at 12pm and 1pm will be followed by an open, self-guided search for as many species as you can find! Participate all weekend long! Search for wild […]
Join scientific illustrator Alex Boersma for an afternoon of drawing nature! Learn how to capture the intricacies of your favorite tiny critters in this insect drawing workshop! Using specimens from the Nature Museum’s collections, we will create accurate and beautiful pen and ink drawings, while also discussing concepts such as proportion, value, and the challenge of […]
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.