Most emailed Museums items
1. Free admission
Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
General admission only. Fees apply to parking, Omnimax and 3-D theater shows and the "U-505" tour.
2. The 'Naked at the Museum' Scavenger Hunt
Art Institute of Chicago - 111 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Go on a hunt for nudity in the paintings, sculptures and miniature period rooms of the museum.
3. 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
4. 2008 Charter One Discount Days
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum - 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Free general admission; fees for shows in the Sky and StarRider theaters apply.
5. Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
The MCA offers thought-provoking art created since 1945.
6. Discount/Free Week
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Free general admission to the aquarium and reduced admission to "Wild Reef" and Oceanarium exhibits.
7. Jeff Koons
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)A survey of Koons' work includes paintings, objects and sculpture from the 1980s to the present.
8. Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
Long-time favorites include a U-505 German submarine from World War II, a massive "fairy castle" doll house and a coal mine continue to please locals and visitors.
9. 'Fly Me to the Moon'
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum - 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)An animated 3-D movie in the Adler's new Universe Theater about three flies who tag along on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
10. Catholic Chicago
Chicago History Museum - 1601 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)An exhibition explores the city's Catholic community through oral histories, documentaries, music and more.
11. The Glass Experience
Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)An exhibition explores glass and glassmaking. Includes live glassblowing demonstrations, a display of 20 glass baskets by sculptor Dale Chihuly and a glass gallery illuminated with Tiffany lamps and windows by Frank Lloyd Wright.

