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Gray seal pup born at Brookfield Zoo

June 11, 2018 at 7:59 a.m.

A rare-in-captivity gray seal pup was born at the Brookfield Zoo on Saturday, the parent organization Chicago Zoological Society announced Tuesday. The female, born at 30 pounds, will likely molt...

Caryn Benson admitted in federal court Jan. 4, 2016, to stealing more than $375,000 from the Field Museum, her employer for more than a decade.

Former Field Museum employee admits to embezzling more than $400K

June 11, 2018 at 7:14 a.m.

Former Field Museum worker Caryn Benson admitted in federal court Monday to stealing more than $400,000 from her longtime employer, but the U.S. attorney's office contended the amount was over...

Bill Stanley, director of collections at the Field Museum, looks at items stored in unused diorama space at the Field Museum on April 3, 2015. Stanley died Oct. 6, 2015, of an apparent heart attack while he was in Ethiopia doing field research.

Chicagoan of the Year in Museums: Bill Stanley of the Field Museum

December 17, 2018 at 6:32 p.m.

On a warm evening in early November, the Field Museum's massive central hall was more crowded than you'll see it even on a free day during Christmas school vacation, filled...

"Troy Diptych" by Andy Warhol in the "The Street, The Store and the Silver Screen" exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

‘Pop Art’ at the MCA showcases plastic, whimsy, commercialism

December 17, 2018 at 6:33 p.m.

Pop art wasn't just happening in the galleries, as a new show opening Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art makes clear. It was happening in design studios, in furniture...

Former Field Museum employee charged with theft resulting in $900,000 loss

December 17, 2018 at 6:34 p.m.

Former Field Museum employee Caryn Benson has been charged with theft in federal court, days after the Chicago institution said it had been swindled out of $900,000 by a worker....

Street art by Greek artist iNO at the Chicago's Hellenic Museum in April 2015. The museum hosts the controversial, timely exhibit "The Street Is My Gallery," about Athens street art and graffiti as a social response to current and longstanding Greek austerity measures and lack of opportunity.

Top 10 Chicago Museums in 2015: ‘Greeks,’ robots and graffiti

December 17, 2018 at 6:34 p.m.

As 2015 ended, news that a former Field Museum employee had allegedly pocketed more than $900,000 in membership funds over seven years was big in the Chicago museum world. But...

Exterior of the Field Museum in Chicago.

Former Field Museum employee accused of stealing $900,000 over 7 years

June 30, 2019 at 2:25 p.m.

A Field Museum employee taking memberships at the door pocketed $900,000 in cash over seven years and is being investigated by federal authorities, museum executives said Friday.Disclosure of the alleged...

Chicago Botanic Garden names new president

December 17, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.

The next head of the Chicago Botanic Garden will be Jean Franczyk, a South Side native who has worked at the Museum of Science and Industry and most recently was...

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band perform at Wrigley Field.

Does Bruce Springsteen’s ‘River’ tour make him an oldies act?

June 16, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.

For a long stretch of years, knowing that Bruce Springsteen tickets would be available meant that I would be making every effort to get some, whether via the old method...

‘Serial’ podcast starts Season 2 with promise, potential pitfalls

December 17, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.

There's a moment in the first episode of the new season of the "Serial" podcast that seems potentially ominous. Host Sarah Koenig, in the highly anticipated Season 2 opener that...

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