Name: LECTURE: Celebrating Women’s History Month with Elizabeth Babcock, PhD
Start: 2026-03-25T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-25T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive , Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605

$LECTURE: Celebrating Women\u2019s History Month with Elizabeth Babcock, PhD$

The Field Museum welcomes Elizabeth Babcock, PhD, who joined Museum Campus neighbor Adler Planetarium as President and CEO in 2025. 🏛️
Before joining the Adler, she served as the Founding Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum in Washington, D.C., where she laid the groundwork for a new national museum focused on women’s history, advanced a multimillion-dollar campaign, and expanded national support for the museum. 🦖
📍Founders' Room
This part of our Women's History Month programming– commemorating and encouraging the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in history.