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Home / Regional / North America / United States / Illinois / Localities / C / Chicago / Arts and Entertainment / Museums
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- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Gallery - Background information, history of the African American railroad attendant, and a gift shop.
aphiliprandolphmuseum.com
- Art Institute of Chicago, The - Houses more than 300,000 works of art within its 10 curatorial departments. Among its great treasures are the legendary masterpieces A Sunday Afternoon on La Grand Jatte--1884 by Georges Seurat, American Gothic by Grant Wood, Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, and 33 paintings by Claude Monet.
www.artic.edu/aic
- Bronzeville Children's Museum - Offering programs and services for the community's children. Features overview of programs, photo gallery, and exhibits, including African-American art, music and theatre.
www.bronzevillechildrensmuseum.com
- Chicago Adler Planetarium - Founded in 1930, the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum is the premier public resource for learning about astronomy discoveries.
www.adlerplanetarium.org
- Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of architecture and design features public programs and education services.
www.chi-athenaeum.org
- Chicago Children's Museum - This museum at Navy Pier seeks to activate the intellectual and creative potential of children up through fifth grade by being a catalyst for the process of learning. Thirteen permanent interactive exhibits on three floors are viewed by over 500,000 visitors annually.
www.chichildrensmuseum.org
- Chicago Historical Society - The Chicago Historical Society collects, interprets, and presents the history of Chicago to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.
www.chicagohs.org/chshome.html
- Chicago Metromix Museums and Galleries Channel - A source for information about local art galleries and museums.
metromix.com/top/1,1419,M-Metromix-Galleries-od!Front,00.html
- Chicago Museums - Directory of the city's museums with brief overview, links to site and contact information.
w4.cityofchicago.org/Tourism/ThingsToDo/Museums.html
- DuSable Museum of African American History - America's foremost museum of African American history was founded in 1957 by Dr. Margaret T. and Charles G. Burroughs on the south side of Chicago.
www.dusablemuseum.org
- Glessner House Museum - Home designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Information about tours, exhibits, collections, history and location.
www.glessnerhouse.org
- International Museum of Surgical Science - Features exhibits devoted to such subjects as radiology, orthopedics and pharmacy.
www.imss.org
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum - Owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a historic memorial to Jane Addams and her innovative settlement house programs.
www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html
- Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum - The first Mexican cultural center/museum in the Midwest and the largest in the nation.
www.mfacmchicago.org
- Museum Campus Chicago - A lakefront park connecting the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, the Field Museum and the John G. Shedd Aquarium. Perfect for tours, family excursions, and education.
www.museumcampus.org
- Museum of Contemporary Art - One of the nation's largest facilities devoted to contemporary art, the museum offers exhibitions of painting, sculpture, video, film and performance created since 1945.
www.mcachicago.org
- Museum of Decorative Art - Vintage and antique art nouveau and art deco prints and paintings in a Louis Sullivan building. Provides hours, map, books for sale and mission statement.
louissullivanofchicago.com
- Museum of Science and Industry - Over two million visitors per year enjoy the creation of Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, who in 1933 opened America's first center for "industrial enlightenment", a vehicle for public science education, where visitors could interact with the exhibits, not just view displays and artifacts.
www.msichicago.org
- National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum - Collection of art, photographs and artifacts about the war in Vietnam, created exclusively by veterans. Lists hours, map, membership information, and includes an online gallery of exhibits.
www.nvvam.org
- Oriental Institute - Research center at the University of Chicago. Site includes directory of websites about the Near East, research project and archive information, departments and projects, and access to publications.
www-oi.uchicago.edu
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - Examines the relationship between people and nature, exploring the ways in which humans impact their environment. Located in Lincoln Park, just 2 miles north of downtown Chicago.
www.chias.org/museum/index.html
- Polish Museum of America - Exhibits of the art, history and culture of Poland and the Polish-American community. Lists hours, fees, location, and upcoming events.
pma.prcua.org
- Smart Museum of Art - Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations.
smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
- Swedish American Museum Center - Seeks to preserve and present Swedish American heritage through a variety of events and exhibits.
www.samac.org
- Terra Museum of American Art - Features a collection of over 700 works by American artists including Whistler, Homer, Sargent and Hopper. Hosts traveling exhibitions, tours, and lectures.
www.terramuseum.org
- The Chicago Academy of Sciences - Founded in 1857, this museum specializes in the ecology and natural history of the Midwest. It is located in Chicago's Lincoln Park.
www.chias.org
- The Field Museum - An internationally acclaimed museum and center for education and research in the natural sciences. Founded in 1893, its collection has grown to more than 20 million specimens. Noted strengths include evolutionary biology, paleontology, archaeology and ethnography.
www.fmnh.org
- The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Online version of this repository of broadcast information features educational programs and exhibits and a searchable database of television, radio, commercial and news archives.
www.museum.tv
- The Peace Museum - Institution seeks to motivate children, teens and adults to achieve creative solutions to the problem of violence through the curation of peace related art and artifacts.
www.peacemuseum.org
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art - Features cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings and music recitals. Includes map and slide show of permanent art exhibits.
www.uima-art.org
- Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago - Details the heritage, culture and people of Ukraine. Lists hours, driving directions, and description of collections.
www.ukrntlmuseum.org
- Widow Clarke House Museum - Located in the Prairie Avenue Historical District, it is the oldest surviving building in Chicago.
www.ci.chi.il.us/CulturalAffairs/ClarkeHouse/ClarkeHouse.html
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