Most of us have been to natural history museums, toured the exhibits, pored over collections of bugs and bones, but who decides what goes on display? How did it all end up there? And what exactly does a curator do?

Lance Grande, a curator for more than three decades at Chicago’s Field Museum, takes us on a behind-the-scenes look at museums and what exactly the job of a curator entails.

Join us at the museum to for drinks and light hors d’oeuvres at 6 PM, followed by lecture at 7 PM. Copies of Grande’s book Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums, will be available for purchase at the event, courtesy of the Seminary Co-op. Book signing will take place after the lecture. Event concludes at 8:30 PM.

To register for the event please fill out and submit the RSVP form (link below). This is free event for all CMM members. We would like to invite all Non- members to attend the event for free as well, by joining the CMM. Donations to the museum are encouraged.

If you have any questions, please call the CMM at 773-376-1982