Museums Listings
Search Results
Showing 1 - 10 of 130 listings found
Arts and Culture / Ethnic
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- 
610 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (South Loop)
The institute is now open in this new, environmentally sustainable building.
Museums / Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium
-
1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
The world's largest indoor aquarium celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2005.
Museums / Children's
Museum of Science and Industry
- 
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
See a U-505 German submarine from World War II, a massive doll house, a coal mine and more.
Museums / Museums
Field Museum
-
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Along with Sue, the world's most complete T. rex, see exhibits about nature and culture.
Museums / Architecture
Richard H. Driehaus Museum
-
40 E. Erie St. - Chicago (River North)
Housed in the Samuel M. Nickerson Mansion, the Driehaus Museum is dedicated to the care and preservation of art and architecture of the late 19th and...
Arts and Culture / History
John Dillinger Museum
-
7770 Corinne Dr. - Hammond
If the City of Chicago is unwilling to own up to the fact that John Dillinger is still considered to be one of its most infamous historical figures,...
Arts and Culture / History
Southeast Historical Museum
-
9801 S. Avenue G - Chicago (Hegewisch/East Side)
The Southeast Historical Museum is dedicated to the history of the Southeast Side, and what one volunteer here calls "the forgotten part of Chicago."...
Arts and Culture / Children's
Durant-Peterson House
-
Dean Street - St. Charles
This living-history museum, an 1840s brick farmhouse, conducts workshops to demonstrate (mostly for children) cooking, sewing and other domestic...
Arts and Culture / History
First Division Museum
-
1S151 Winfield Rd. - Wheaton
The main exhibit hall chronicles the history of the U.S. Army's First Division from World War I through Desert Storm. Exhibits are a succession of...
Arts and Culture / History
Leather Archives and Museum
-
6418 N. Greenview St. - Chicago (Rogers Park)
If you're looking for proof that leather is not just an underground cult, this is it. The Leather Archives and Museum calls itself "the first museum...
