Museums.
Venue Website: https://www.artic.edu/
Address:111 S. Michigan Ave., East Monroe Street, Chicago, Il, 60603
See why the Art Institute of Chicago is the only museum in the world to be top-ranked by TripAdvisor four years in a row! Experience the greatest Impressionist collection outside Paris, and view contemporary masterpieces in the spectacular Modern Wing. Stand before classics like Nighthawks, and travel the globe through galleries devoted to the art of ancient Greece, Japan, Africa, and the Americas.
Venue Phone: 312-922-9410
Venue Website: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/
Address:
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Il, 60605
One of America’s premier natural history museums, the Field’s “Live over Time” exhibit now houses “Sue,” the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered.
Venue Phone: 312-642-4600
Venue Website: https://www.chicagohistory.org/
Address: 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Il, 60614
From Chicago’s sports to politics, the Union Stockyards to the Great Chicago Fire – there’s so much to explore at the Chicago History Museum. Dive right in with the Museum’s exhibitions and programs or get out and explore the city through guided tours and events. Founded in 1856, the Chicago History Museum shares Chicago’s stories, serving as a hub of scholarship and learning, inspiration and civic engagement. If you live in Chicago or visit here and are curious about the city’s past, present and future, the museum should be your first stop.
Venue Phone: 312-482-8933
Venue Website: http://driehausmuseum.org/
Address: 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, Il, 60611
Take a step back in time to the Gilded Age with banker Samuel Nickerson’s mansion. Explore all three floors of the museum and discover how the Nickerson family lived and socialized. Tours are an extra $5, but well worth it.
Venue Phone: 312-280-2660
Venue Website: https://www.mcachicago.org/
Address: 220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, Il, 60611
Boldly interweaving exhibitions, performances, collections, and educational programs, the MCA is an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the public can directly experience the work and ideas of living artists, and understand the historical, social, and cultural context of the art of our time.
Venue Phone: 312-994-4000
Venue Website: https://flwright.org/
Address: The Rookery, 209 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 118, Chicago, Il, 60604
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The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is a leading national Frank Lloyd Wright nonprofit organization based in Chicago, where the largest number of original Wright sites are located. Dedicated to preservation of Wright’s design legacy, the Trust operates public tours at five Chicago-area sites and offers both in-school and on-site programs for youth, families and adults.