Available amenities

Our coat check is currently closed. Please only bring bags or coats you can carry with you. Many of our other services are still available:

Food

The restaurant on our main floor, the Field Bistro, is open 9am–4:30pm. We have a reduced menu, quick grab-and-go service, and tables that are spaced farther apart. Our second restaurant, the Explorer Cafe, is closed until further notice.

You're also allowed to bring a lunch or snack in a closed container. Please enjoy it in the designated picnic areas on the ground level: in the Siragusa Center and at the tables near the Sea Mammals. We suggest enjoying an outdoor picnic at the tables outside the East entrance and benches throughout Museum Campus.

You can bring your own closed water bottle. There are some contactless filling stations in the museum, though all manual fountains are shut off. Water is available for purchase in the Bistro and in vending machines.

Store

For all your natural history-themed gifts and souvenirs, the museum store is open 10am–5pm, or you can shop online anytime. All store purchases directly support our staff and collections.

Restrooms

There are accessible restrooms on every level, including three family-friendly restrooms on the ground level.

An all-gender, single-stall restroom is available on the ground level near the James Simpson Theatre, and the restroom at the East entrance has a family restroom with an adult changing table. Our restrooms feature reminders asking you to maintain a six-foot distance from others and thoroughly wash your hands.

Wheelchair and stroller rentals

Wheelchairs are available for visitors to borrow at no cost on a first-come, first-served basis.

Strollers are available to rent for $3 (or $5 for double strollers) on a first-come, first-served basis.

Both wheelchairs and strollers are available at the East entrance and are fully sanitized between each use.

Accessibility at the Field