Trip to the Chicago Field Museum

The 17 million dollar Evolving Planet Exhibit is worth seeing! However, it presents a story of natural history from a naturalistic (="atheistic") point of view. The philosophical explanations being presented as science need to be evaluated. MCF can help.

Go whenever you please. We could supply a facilitator to review questions at a regular meeting of your group after the museum visit. Some groups may feel comfortable with using their own leadership for the debriefing session.

Print materials to take with you:

• Jim Orme has written a "Field" guide to the "Evolving Planet" exhibit, entitled, Evolution: Fact or Fiction? (1.32 MB) This 34-page booklet expands on the much-shorter questionnaire below.
• Ruth Madziarczyk has produced a "Critical Thinking Guide" -- a trifold brochure, printable on letter-sized paper. It looks better if you use the 2.04 MB file, but that IS a big download. The fast download is less pretty, but only 247 KB.
• A questionnaire can be emailed upon request. It refers to specific exhibits at the Field, keyed to The Evolution Handbook.
• We strongly suggest buying The Evolution Handbook (old title was The Evolution Cruncher). It's jam-packed with information, and very inexpensive. Available from http://evolution-facts.org. Their website has even more than the book does, and allows you to download whole chapters

Cost: No charge for the questionnaire or booklet. If you request a docent to accompany you, or facilitator who would come to a post-field-trip group meeting, it would be on a free-will offering basis. The museum has an admission fee, and you will need to pay for parking or public transportation. And you may wish to buy food there, or you can picnic in the lower level.

How to get there: See www.fieldmuseum.org/plan_visit/parking_map.htm
to see information on mass transit and parking.