"Aligned with the Field Museum's mission to connect us to the natural world, the Pokémon Fossil Museum will inspire visitors to make new discoveries about some of their favorite Pokémon while offering a pathway to science," said Jaap Hoogstraten, head of exhibitions at the Field Museum.
"People today are fascinated by ciphers, puzzles, and secrets... This exhibition explores the clever ways that scribes and artists of the past deliberately and playfully employed such codes to arrest the attention of medieval audiences and engage their minds."