Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies

04/30/2023

We were honored to host the Ambassador of Switzerland to the US, the Consul General and Deputy Consul of Switzerland in Chicago at the Field Museum.

12/06/2022

The Alva, Oklahoma meteorite is classified and named!

Capron resident and farmer Mark Schwerdtfeger found two unusual rocks on and near his farm in 2017. He found the first one in the spring of 2017 in his alfalfa field that looked suspiciously like a meteorite. He said it felt heavier than a normal rock, and it was attracted to a magnet. He sent it to...

08/11/2022

Excited that our new study on Aguas Zarcas' likely record of asteroid pebble mixing got published today! https://meteorites.fieldmuseum.org/ .5bw5j2ik2ld2

07/11/2022

Christmas in July?

Once the collection is finished being catalogued, some of the larger pieces will be put on display at the museum.

07/11/2022

We're very excited to have opened the crates today with a very special meteorite collection:

SUE the T-Rex and other dinos are looking pretty young compared to fossils that just arrived at the Field Museum.

05/13/2022

Inside the "mine"...

05/13/2022

Back due to popular demand for Field Museum Members' Nights 2022: glowing rocks and minerals, this time as the Glowstein Mine

03/25/2022