Events for December 1st, 2008

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Monday - December 1st

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Icon-mmx-pick The Aztec World

Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago

Includes artifacts, works of art and weapons detailing the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization.

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Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

Icon-mmx-pick Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago

Learn about the causes and aftermath of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes and more

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Smart Home: Green + Wired

Icon-mmx-pick Smart Home: Green + Wired

Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

Tour a three-story sustainable "green" home constructed on the museum's grounds

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Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Children’s Books

Newberry Library - 60 W. Walton St. - Chicago (Near North Side)

Features the library's collection of 65 books and manuscripts created for and by children in more than 100 languages, from the 15th Century to the present.

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Wild Reef: Sharks at Shedd

Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)

Floor-to-ceiling windows provide guests with a diver's-eye view of a Philippine coral reef, housing more than 25 sharks, 500 species of reef fish and the largest public display of live coral in the Midwest.

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Evolving Planet

Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago

Explore the history of evolution, from single-celled organisms to dinosaurs and humans.

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Seahorses and Seadragons

Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)

A permanent exhibit features six species of seahorses: pipefish, snipefish, trumpetfish, leafy seadragons, potbelly seadragons and weedy seadragons.

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Called to the Challenge: The Legacy of Harold Washington

Harold Washington Exhibit Hall, Harold Washington Library Center - 400 S. State St. - Chicago (Loop)

Exhibit examines the life of the former mayor and provides an overview of several projects initiated during his tenure.

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Grand Cayman Iguana Exhibit

Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)

See two of the most endangered lizards in the world.

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The Ancient Americas

Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago

Explore the history of the western hemisphere including the Ice Age, the Aztec empire and life in a pueblo dwelling.

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