Authorized behind the scenes look at the Chicago Field Museum's Archaeopteryx specimen September 18, 2024

[Joseph Fossil]

Tomorrow the 151-145 million year old Archaeopteryx specimen at the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History (aka the Best Museum in Chicago) will return on public display. In celebration of this awesome event, I wanted to share some photos I was able to take of the real specimen out of its display case.  

 

I was allowed to see and photograph the specimen (PA 830) last week by museum staff while doing awesome Internship work with microfossils.

 

 

 

 

 

The location it is currently kept at the museum is top secret and I will keep that info classified. You can all see it when it goes back on display tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

Paleoartist Reconstruction of an Archaeopteryx at the Field Museum's greatest exhibit the Evolving Planet!!!

 

 

Hope you all enjoyed these photos of this awesome Archaeopteryx as much as I do!!!

[Fossildude19]

Thanks for showing us this spectacular fossil! 

[Isotelus2883]

Wow.

[Shellseeker]

Absolutely  !!   What fantastic photos..  Thanks for sharing with us.

[EllenL]

Amazing!

Thank you!

[digit]

Gorgeous photos!

 

Was just up there last week visiting friends who are doing research at the Field. Missed it by just a few days. Oh well, yet another reason to go back.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[rocket]

thats a really cool specimen, love to see it one day myself

[FossilDAWG]

Thanks for the sneak peek!  What an incredible fossil.     
 

Don

[TriVeratops]

so nice!! really appreciate the detail photos of this beautiful fossil. 

[Al Dente]

17 hours ago, Joseph Fossil said:

doing awesome Internship work with microfossils.

What type of microfossils?

[Joseph Fossil]

6 hours ago, Al Dente said:

What type of microfossils?

 

Microfossils from Late Maastrichtian Cretaceous age formations in the Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota region. 

[ShinySpirals]

What a stunning fossil and fantastic prep. Thank you for sharing with us

[FossilNerd]

Stunning!
 

Thanks for sharing your behind the scenes viewing with us! 

Edited 5 hours ago by FossilNerd