Field Museum redefines the face of science with new exhibition

Jingmai O’Connor, the museum’s associate curator of fossil reptiles, speaks about the Field Museum’s second installment of “The Changing Face of Science” exhibition in Chicago on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The Changing Face of Science is a series that highlights women and scientists of color who are breaking barriers in their field to challenge the typical idea of who can be a scientist. (Alex Wroblewski/For the Sun-Times)

They’re snobbish, nerdy know-it-alls in lab coats who don’t know how to have fun. 

That’s the perception of scientists that the Field Museum seeks to shift with “The Changing Face of Science,” an exhibition that highlights the stories of women and people of color who work at the Field Museum as scientists studying various subjects.