DRIEHAUS MUSEUM
Completely restored, the museum is a magnificent residential building that contains furnishings and pieces from the Driehaus Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts.
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.
Well-known opera company putting on lavish performances in the massive Art Deco Civic Opera House. The Lyric also offers weekday public backstage tours throughout the year. All tours run from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and are $15 per ticket. Additional information available here
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.
A Chicago landmark extending nearly a mile out into Lake Michigan, Navy Pier is the top tourist and leisure destination in the Midwest. Discover theaters, museums, restaurants, shops, dining, sightseeing cruises, special events, and more. Free admission, open year-round.
Located in the Museum Campus, the Shedd Aquarium holds 32,000 aquatic animals making it one of the largest indoor aquariums in the world. Some of the wildlife you can see are stingrays, whales, otters, amphibians, jelly fish, sea lions, and other adorable and curious creatures.
Various special cruises offered daily departing from Navy Pier.
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