Program areas at Field Museum of Natural History
Science & education: science and education consists of four complementary centers-the collections center, the integrative research center, the science action center, and the learning center. Together, these centers advance the Museum's mission of understanding the past, exploring its present, and shaping a future for the earth that is rich with biological and cultural diversity. The collections amount to over 30,000,000 Natural objects and man-made artifacts spanning the Museum's four disciplines - anthropology, botany, geology, and zoology.
Museum services: the Museum has approximately 1,300,000 square feet for which Museum services provides engineering, maintenance, and security, as well as directly supports the science and education and public programs.
Public programs: the Museum brings science to life with more than 400,000 square feet of space devoted to exhibitions and other public programs. In 2019, the Museum welcomed more than 1,300,000 visitors.