Chicago Museums

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Adler Planetarium and Museum (Museum Campus)
The oldest Planetarium in the country located on Chicago’s Museum campus.

Art Institute of Chicago (Loop)
One of the great art museums of the world - Kid Friendly!

Chicago Childrens Museum (Streeterville)
Chicago Children's Museum is the place where play and learning connect.

Chicago History Museum (Old Town)
Over 22 Million Chicago and U.S. History Artifacts are housed in the Museum.

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (Hyde Park)
One of the most visited Museums in the world, great place for families.

DuSable Museum (Hyde Park)
DuSable Museum of African American History

Field Museum (Museum Campus)
No trip to Chicago would be complete without a visit to the Field Museum, home of Sue, the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil.

Jane Addams Hull House Museum (Near West Side)
The world famous social settlement Hull-House is located on Chicago's Near West Side - founded in 1889

McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum (Magnificent Mile)
The nation’s first museum dedicated to helping people understand freedom.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Streeterville)
The MCA os one of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time.

Museum of Contemporary Photography (Loop)
The Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.

Museum of Holography (West Loop)
Small Holography museum located in the west loop of Chicago. Kids will love this one!

Museum of Mexican Art (South Side)
The National Museum of Mexican Art is the nation's largest Latino arts institution located in the Pilsen Neighborhood.

National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum (South Side)
The world’s only museum with a permanent collection focusing on the subject of war from an artistic perspective.

Oriental Institute Museum (Hyde Park)
The Oriental Institute is a research organization and museum devoted to the study of the ancient Near East.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Lincoln Park)
One of the nine museums supported by the Chicago Park District.

Polish Museum of America (Near West Side)
Chicago Museum located on the near West Side in the neighborhood where many of the first Polish immigrants settled.

Pritzker Military Library (Streeterville)
The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award was established to honor a living author for a body of work that has profoundly enriched the understanding of American military history.

Smart Museum of Art (Hyde Park)
One of the Midwest's most dynamic and innovative educational institutions in the visual arts.

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows (Streeterville)
150 stained glass windows housed in an 800-ft.-long series of galleries along the lower level terraces of Festival Hall.

Spertus Museum (Loop)
Spertus is a Jewish institution grounded in Jewish values that invites people of all ages and backgrounds to explore the multi-faceted Jewish experience.

Museum Exhibits:

The Horse
Field Museum
2/16/2011 to 8/14/2011