The Field Museum is one of the world’s great natural history museums. The Keller Science Action Center is the branch of the Museum dedicated to translating science into action that creates and supports lasting conservation. With losses of natural diversity mounting, the Keller Science Action Center focuses the Museum’s resources – scientific expertise, worldwide collections, innovative education programs – on the immediate needs of conservation at local, national, and international levels.​

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The Field Museum carries out rapid inventories in close partnership with organizations in the host country. Based in Chicago, our small team of biologists, social scientists, and support staff works with partners to assemble large teams of in-country experts and local residents. Since the first rapid inventory in 1999 we have worked with thousands of groups, hundreds of local communities, dozens of in-country organizations, and more than 20 different Indigenous peoples.