Event Description
Celebrate the opening of Chocolate: The Exhibition with a weekend devoted to the delicious science behind your favorite dessert. Discover how chocolate goes from the tree to your table, and learn about the amazing animals and plants that make the sweet possible.
- Use your senses to take a closer look at chocolate under a microscope
- Smell the differences between chocolate and other common desserts
- Get a taste of the ingredient of honor.
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An exhibit entry fee of $5 applies to see Chocolate: The Exhibition. Individual and Family level members pay $3, Family Plus level members and above see it free! Not a member? Join today or upgrade your membership here.
Ground Level
Commons
Mole Tasting
Saturday only, Noon–2 p.m.
Join 12th Street Catering for a taste of a popular Mexican Sauce made up of hot chiles and rich chocolate. Our homemade traditional enchiladas will be topped with your choice of Oaxacan black mole or poblano red mole.
Level 1
Auditorium
Academy Live Animal Ambassadors
11 a.m.
Meet some of the live animals that call the Academy home during this live animal show. Discover their stories and learn what you can do to help their wild cousins.
Saturday only: Habrá una presentación adicional en Español de el Live Animal Show a las 11:30 en el Auditorio.
Fur, Feathers, and Scales
2 p.m.
Learn how what's on the outside counts for the Academy's live critters during this live animal show.
Saturday only: Habrá una presentación adicional en Español de el Live Animal Show a las 2:30 en el Auditorio.
Science Live
Devour some delicious chocolate nibbles, and learn about the differences between dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate.
North American Hall
Chocolate 101
Think you know chocolate? Use your senses to get an even deeper (and delicious) understanding of everyone's favorite dessert. Test your nose with sweet smell jars and take a look at chocolate cake under a microscope. Examine a real cacao pod and identify the ingredients of popular desserts.
Powerful Pollinators
You can thank the tiny pollinating midge for all your chocolate treats. Take a closer look at the work of this tiny fly and gain a new appreciation of some local pollinators.
Special Exhibits Gallery
Chocolate: The Exhibition
Open all day
Indulge yourself in the sumptuous world of chocolate! Presented in Spanish and English, Chocolate: The Exhibition traces the intriguing story of this "food of the gods" from its origin as a unique rain forest tree to the sensuous sweet millions of people crave today. Explore chocolate's impact on tropical ecosystems, human cultures, and the global economy through a range of fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Stand under a life-size cacao tree, touch pods and seeds, and more.
Chocolate and its national tour were developed by The Field Museum, Chicago. This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. $5 nonmembers, $3 Individual and Family members, free for Family Plus members and above. Not a member? Join at the admissions desk today and deduct today's admission from the cost of your membership.
Level 2
Closer Look: Fruits and Flowers
Learn more about flowers and fruits like those that produce chocolate. Dissect a flower, peel back the layers of fruit, and take a look at plant cells under a microscope.
Chocolate Crafts
Make and take your own chocolate-themed craft.
Level 3
Story Time
10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Visit Outside In for an interactive story time featuring a live animal. |
