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From July 30 to Aug 2, <a href="https://www.lollapalooza.com/">Lollapalooza</a> will impact both pedestrian and vehicular traffic around the Museum Campus. Please allow extra time and consider taking public transportation.

Parking alert 7/25 calendar

On Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25, events on the Museum Campus will affect traffic and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/page/directions-parking">parking</a>. Please allow extra time or consider taking public transportation.&nbsp;

Parking alert 8/27-8/28

On Thursday, Aug 27 and Friday, Aug 28, events on the Museum Campus will affect traffic and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/page/directions-parking">parking</a>. Please allow extra time or consider taking public transportation.&nbsp;

Parking alert 8/21-8/22 

On Friday, Aug 21 and Saturday, Aug 22, events on the Museum Campus will affect traffic and <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/page/directions-parking">parking</a>. Please allow extra time or consider taking public transportation.&nbsp;

Parking alert 8/8

On Saturday, August 8, events on the Museum Campus will affect traffic and <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/page/directions-parking">parking</a>. Please allow extra time or consider taking public transportation.&nbsp;

Staff Holiday Party--Early closure

The Museum will close early on Wednesday, December 16, at 3:00pm (last admission at 2:00pm). Last admission to Pokémon Fossil Museum will be at 2:15pm.

Staff Wellness Closure

The Field Museum will be closed on Thursday, October 8, 2026 for a Staff Wellness Day. We are encouraging our staff to take the time to focus on their own well-being with activities that refresh and rejuvenate them.

The Museum will re-open to the public for regular hours on October 9 at 9am.

Christmas closure 2026

The Museum will be closed for the Christmas holiday on Friday, December 25. We will re-open Saturday, December 26 at 9am.

Thanksgiving closure 2026

The Museum will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 26. We will re-open Friday, November 27 at 9am.

Christmas eve 2026--early closure

The Field Museum will close early on Thursday, December 24 at 3pm (last entry at 2pm). Last admission to Pokémon Fossil Museum will be at 2:15pm.

Gala early closure

On Saturday, October 17, the Museum will close early at 3pm, with last admission at 2pm, in preparation for a special event. Last admission to Pokémon Fossil Museum will be at 2:15pm.

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Summer party early closure--Hours override

On Wednesday, August 12, the Museum will close early at 3:00pm (last entry 2:00pm).

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Amphibians and Reptiles Collections have a loan moratorium until January 2026. Please contact us again on/after February 1, 2026.

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Training modules outlined in the IMLS Empowered grant 2021-25, Data Fundamentals, Data Cleaning and Data Assessment.

IMLS Training Modules

So you want to plan a professional learning module? Great! Here is a resource with potential steps, sample tools, and questions to ask yourself along the way. Adapt this resource for your context and organizational style to make it fit your purpose.

Planning Template

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We have provided a slide deck of templates and a set of icons to use when creating training materials following the Museums Data Norms . These slides were created with the concept of “data” in mind. Additional slides and icons may be required depending on the subject | matter. We have provided these slides and icons as Open for anyone to use, we ask that if you create additional templates you share openly with others as well.

Master Slides & Asset Library

This module explains the basics for use the tool Open Refine to clean Museum data.

Using OpenRefine for Data Cleaning.

A pdf of the Google Form used to evaluate the knowledge base of participants after taking the Data cleaning with Open Refine training module.

Post-Assessment text for How to Use Open Refine for Data Cleaning

A pdf of the Google Form used to evaluate the knowledge base of participants prior to taking the Data cleaning with Open Refine training module.

Pre-Assessment text for How to Use Open Refine for Data Cleaning

A pdf of the Powerpoint version of the presentation used to teach staff how to use Open Refine to clean data associated with all aspects of Museum work.

How to Use Open Refine for Data Cleaning

This module explains the basics for use the programming language R to clean Museum data.

Using R for Data Cleaning

A pdf of the Google Form used to help evaluate the knowledge base of participants of the How to R for Data Cleaning training module prior to taking the course.

Pre-assessment test for How to R for Data Cleaning

A pdf of the Google Form used to help evaluate the knowledge base of participants of the How to R for Data Cleaning training module after they have taken the course.

Post-assessment test for How to R for Data Cleaning

A rubirc to use with the presentation used to teach staff how to use the programming language R  to clean data associated with all aspects of Museum work.

Rubric for How to R for Data Cleaning

This module contains all the documentation to either self-direct training or teach to a group of staff members how to use Microsoft Access to clean data for use in museums.

Data Cleaning using Microsoft Access

A pdf of the Facilitation Guide for the Databases: Access for data cleaning presentation

Facilitation Guide for How to Clean Data: MSAccess

A pdf of the Google Form used to assess participants of the Databses Access for data cleaning presentation before (pre) the presentation.

Data Cleaning with Access Pre Assessment Quiz

A pdf of the Google Form used to assess participants of the Databses Access for data cleaning presentation after (post) the presentation.

Data Cleaning with Access Post Assessment Quiz

This module consists of 3 sections to either learn by self-directed teaching or to teach others. How to Clean Data Using Excel; How to Clean Data using OfficeLibre Calc and How to Clean Data using Google Sheets.

Data Cleaning - Tools you Can Use [1]: Spreadsheet Applications

This rubric can be used with any of the Data Cleaning using spreadsheet programs. (Excel, Google Sheets, Open Office Libre)

Rubric for How to Clean Data using spreadsheet programs.

This module consists of 2 sections and examines some fundamental things participants need to know before data cleaning can happen.

Fundamentals of Museum Data

Terminology and Planning Your Data Cleaning

A rubric used to evaluate skill level for the Fundamentals for Data Cleanup - Terminology.

Rubric for Fundamentals for Data Cleanup - Terminology

A pdf of the Google Forms version of test for participants to use to assess their knowledge base after taking the Fundamentals for Data Cleaning - Terminlogy.

Post-Assessment text for Fundamentals for Data Cleanup - Terminology

A pdf of the Google Forms version of test for participants to use to assess their knowledge base prior to taking the Fundamentals for Data Cleaning - Terminlogy.

Pre-Assessment text for Fundamentals for Data Cleanup - Terminology

This module can be used to either learn by self-directed teaching or to teach others, how to document museum multimedia and the rights and licenses that go with them.

Media - Rights and Licenses for Museum Professionals

The PDF version of the EMu Multimedia and Rights and Licenses presentation

EMu Multimedia and Rights Licenses

The Powerpoint version of the EMu Multimedia and Rights and Licenses presentation

The Google Slides version of the EMu Multimedia and Rights and Licenses presentation

This module explores more advanced tools and methods commonly used for data cleaning. Sections includes: Cleaning with MS Access; Cleaning with R and Cleaning with OpenRefine.

Data Cleaning - Tools you Can Use [2]: Scripting and Databases

Rapid Inventory 30 - Colombia: Bajo Caguán-Caquetá

RI-31 Colombia, Perú: Bajo Putumayo-Yaguas-Cotuhé

Rapid Inventory 31 - Colombia-Peru: Bajo Putumayo-Yaguas-Cotuhé

Campamento 1 Inventario Rápido 31 Bajo Putumayo-Yaguas-Cotuhé. Un tributario de aguas blancas del río Putumayo. Bosques inundables, varillales sobre turba tropical y terrazas bajas y colinas pequeñas. / Campsite 1 Rapid Inventory 31 Bajo Putumayo-Yaguas-Cotuhé. A white | water tributary to the Putumayo River. Inundated forests, stunted forests growing on peatlands, and low-lying terraces and small hills.

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Can Data be Cultured? Cultural Awareness in Museum Data

Original Description: This module consists of 5 sections and a course overview. The Course discusses the roles of Language, Communication, Self-Awareness and Systems in the existance of culturally insensitive elements and derogatory language contained within Museum data. The Praxis unit exams how to use the information learned in the other four units to acknowledge, address and mitigate if possible continuing harm caused.

A rubric to be used with the Can Data Be Cultured training modules

Rubric: Cultural Sensitivity

A pdf of the Google form used post presentations of the Can Data be Cultured workshop in May-June 2024

Post Assessment of Cultural Sensitivity Train Module

Training modules, templates, and resources

In this section we provide examples of Rubrics which are a type of scoring guide that assesses and articulates specific goals associated with each part of a training module and the levels of comprehension associated with each set of goals. The rubrics are used in conjunction | with the assessment section to provide participants with levels of achievement in each section.

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