
From the Midway—Hands-on experience with paleontology through the University of Chicago’s Fossil Lab
Main visitor entrance
5835 South Kimbark Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Mailing address
1362 East 59th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Main Ph: 773-702-9450
Main Fax: 773-702-7455
General email: lab@ucls.uchicago.edu
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Divisional Offices
High School Ph: 773-702-9446, High School Attendance Office Ph: 773-702-9443
Middle School Ph: 773-702-9447
Lower School Ph: 773-702-9448
Early Childhood Ph: 773-834-1911
Business Hours: 8 a.m.—4 p.m.
5800 South Stony Island Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Ph: 773-834-1911
Main Ph: 773-702-9451
Email: admissions@ucls.uchicago.edu
Main Ph: 773-834-7766
Email: summerlab@ucls.uchicago.edu
For questions or concerns, regarding Safety & Security, please contact Mike McGehee, director of safety and security, Ph: 773-834-6104,
or UChicago Police, Ph: 773-702-8181.
If a Lab office is closed during building hours and the issue is urgent, you may contact the security officer on duty at each campus until 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. or in any emergency you may contact the University of Chicago Police Department.
Historic Campus Security Ph: 773-834-8628
Earl Shapiro Hall Security Ph: 773-702-4299
UChicago Police Ph: 773-702-8181 (from a University phone: 2-8181 or 123)