THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION RIVER CRUISE ABOARD CHICAGO’S FIRST LADY CRUISES
Knowledgeable docents lead tours down the Chicago River highlighting the history and design of more than 50 buildings.
Knowledgeable docents lead tours down the Chicago River highlighting the history and design of more than 50 buildings.
This Lincoln Park museum presents the rich multicutural history of Chicago and Illinois. Experience the first passenger car that rode on the L tracks in 1893, investigate the responses to many of the city’s crises like the Great Fire of 1871, see artifacts from the World’s Fair, and more.
Ninety-minute boat tours of historical sites as told by experts.
The city’s largest double decker and trolley sightseeing company is the essential overview tour of Chicago. Hop on and off at stops all over downtown and neighborhoods. Tours operate daily.
Completely restored, the museum is a magnificent residential building that contains furnishings and pieces from the Driehaus Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts.
This museum dedicated to the African American experience contains over 15,000 pieces that include paintings, sculptures, print works, and memorabilia spread out through its many exhibits covering the story of Harold Washington, African Americans in the military, African American artists, and more.
Discover 4.6 million years of natural history with artifacts and exhibits like Sue, the most complete and preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossil, 23 human mummies, Chinese jade artifacts, and even see working laboratories where you can watch scientists extract DNA.
Open year-round, this is one of the nation’s oldest and last remaining free zoos, housing animals that represent more than 200 species.
Offering thought-provoking art created since 1945, its permanent collection includes work by Franz Kline, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons.
Housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Museum of Science and Industry has a German World War II submarine, a Boeing 727, a 40-foot water vapor tornado, and a chick hatchery making it the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere.