Harris Educational Loan Program

Welcome to the Harris Loan Collection at Ryerson Woods
Ryerson Woods is now a satellite lending site for The Field Museum’s Harris Educational Loan Program. The Harris Loan program is an incredible educational resource for your classroom or home, and now you can borrow materials right here in Lake County instead of having to go downtown.

The Harris Loan Program at Ryerson Woods offers two types of media:
Exhibit Cases and Experience Boxes

Exhibit Cases We have over 20 Exhibit Case dioramas (24” high, 22” wide, and 7” deep) available that show regional plants and animals in natural settings. A pullout label on the side of each case has basic information.

Experience Boxes We cover more than 20 different topics with these portable collections of artifacts, replicas, specimens and many other resources to provide a broad variety of learning experiences. The experience box topics cover three categories–culture, biology and earth science.

Getting started is easy!
1. Click here to download the Harris Catalog. The Catalogue will detail our lending procedures and list the materials available in the entire The Field Museum Harris Loan Collection.
2. Click here for the “Borrowers Registration Form” to register.
Then fax, mail or email your form with your payment to Friends of Ryerson Woods.
3. Next, click here for listings of Experience Boxes and Exhibit Cases we have currently on site.
(Exhibits may rotate.)
4. Fill out a “Loan Materials Request Form".
Pick up your materials and watch what happens when you bring these wonderful materials into your classroom.

Questions? Please call us at 847.968.3343 or e-mail info@friends-of-ryerson.org.