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Jan 28, 2020 · Featuring dramatic undulating balconies reminiscent of a waterfall, the 859-foot combination hotel, apartment, and condominium building was Jeanne Gang’s tallest building until nearby Vista ...
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Adler Planetarium
- Richard H. Driehaus Museum
- Field Museum
- Shedd Aquarium
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Chicago Architecture Center
- American Writers Museum
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Money Museum
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library
It’s been voted one of the top museums in the world by TripAdvisor users, it’s one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country, and it’s home to one of the biggest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art outside the Louvre in Paris. Need we say more about the Art Institute of Chicago? Probably not, but we will. It’s also wh...
Explore the origins of the universe, peer through ancient telescopes, and view the stars at this lakefront planetarium and museum, part of Chicago’s Museum Campus alongside the Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium. This is, in fact, the Western Hemisphere’s oldest planetarium. Not that you’d be able to tell from the state-of-the-art exhibits you’ll see ...
As soon as you step through the door, you’re going to be wowed by Driehaus Museum’s glistening marble floors, grand staircases, ornate decorative arts, imposing fireplaces, and antique furnishings. The museum is housed in the former Nickerson Mansion, which became known as the “Marble Palace” — a fitting place to bring Chicago’s Gilded Age to life....
Snap a selfie with the largest creature to ever roam the Earth at the Field Museum, where Máximo the Titanosaur greets you as soon as you walk through the doors. After, explore the museum galleries and say hello to SUE the T.rex, man-eating tigers, mummified Pharaohs, rare gemstones, and giant bugs. You can also do some Dozin’ With the Dinos, when ...
Watch sharks feed, sea otters swim, stingray glide, and dolphins play at Shedd Aquarium, one of the largest aquariums in the world. Although not strictly a museum, Shedd Aquarium is part of Chicago’s Museum Campus, along with the Field Museum and Adler Planetarium — so think of it more as a living museum filled with exotic aquatic life. The views a...
Get a little bold and adventurous at the Museum of Contemporary Art, located just one block east of historic Water Tower Placeon The Magnificent Mile. Browse the museum’s permanent collection, which includes more than 2,500 works, displayed in rotation, spanning media and movements from the 1920s to the present. Over the summer, Tuesdays on the Ter...
There couldn’t be a better location for the Chicago Architecture Center than the legendary Ludwig Mies van der Rohe skyscraper at One Illinois Center, overlooking the Chicago Riverwalk. As if that wasn’t enough to entice you, the center offers more than 85 walking, bus, and boat tours, including the Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Crui...
The writing’s on the wall at the American Writers Museum — literally. Located a short walk from Millennium Park, this is the first museum of its kind in the nation, with exhibits that explore the history of American writing in all its guises, including fiction, poetry, journalism, and more. A couple of the museum’s many highlights include Paul O. Z...
Want more bang for your buck on your tour of the Loop’s museums? A visit to the Money Museum won’t cost you a dime. The collection spotlights historical currency and artifacts, so if you’re wondering what money looked like in Colonial times, this is the place to go. There are games and simulations, too, so you can experience how the Federal Reserve...
At the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, You’ll find thousands of artifacts, books, posters, photographs, maps, and manuscripts, ranging from military medals to swords, that tell America’s history through the eyes of the citizen soldier. Take a tour any day of the week (free with admission) or wander collections ranging from WWII and Korean War t...
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The Museum Campus is a place to experience the connections of the city to the water, of Chicago’s history to its future, and of local to global experiences. With its unique anchor institutions, there’s no better place to explore the sky, land, and water; no better place for people to learn, play, or connect. The Museum Campus is truly ...
Masterpieces by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, Vienna 1900 and Art Nouveau.
Coordinates: 87°37′01″W. The Field Museum of Natural History ( FMNH ), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [4] .
- June 2, 1894; 129 years ago
The Museum of Science and Industry ( MSI) is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
Jul 7, 2022 · CHICAGO — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Museum Campus working group today released “Where Worlds Connect,” a report detailing key analysis and recommendations to enhance the Museum Campus. This report is the culmination of the effort to reimagine the Museum Campus that Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced in February.
