Flora, Fauna, and Us – The Environmental History of Des Plaines

"Flora, Fauna, and Us" outlines the relationship between humans and ecosystem. Primarily focusing on Des Plaines, Illinois, this exhibit shows the push and pull a growing region experiences as it works to balance nature with urbanization. Walking through the exhibit you will discover the sequence of events, and important individuals, animals, plants, and movements that have all shaped our landscape into what it is today.

Created in partnership with the Field Museum, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and the Izaak Walton League, this exhibit reveals the past, present, and future of the area’s ecology.