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Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 312.344.7104 |
Contemporary is defined here as anything after 1959 -- the date of Robert Frank's seminal work The Americans, which anchors the museum. Over 4,000 works from American-born and American-resident photographers make this an... more
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Museum of Science & Industry 57th St & Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL |
Museum of Science and Industry 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60621 773.684.1414 |
The beloved MSI is one of the most visited sites in Chicago, and for good reason. The sprawling open space has 2,000 exhibits on three floors, with new exhibits exploring different technologies being added constantly. Th... more
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National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum 1801 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60608 312.326.0270 |
The chimelike sounds of more than 58,000 imprinted dog tags hanging from the ceiling entranceway are a melancholy memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the unpopular war. Take in the visual journal of the expe... more
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Navy Pier 600 East Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60601 312.595.5300 |
Built during World War I, this 3,000-foot-long pier was used by the Navy during World War II as a training center for pilots. But any military aura is long gone, now that the place has been transformed into a bustling to... more
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Nederlander/Shubert Theater 22 W Monroe St Ste 600, Chicago, IL |
Bruce Siewerth hates the Shubert Theatre. That's not what you would expect of a Northwestern theatre graduate who taught drama at Evanston Township High School for 37 years. It's not the programming that Siewerth dreads.... more
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Oriental Institute Museum 1155 E. 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637 773.702.9514 |
Near the midpoint of the campus, a few blocks from Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, is the Oriental Institute, housing one of the worlds major collections of Near Eastern art. Although most of the galleries have been renovat... more
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N Cannon Dr, Chicago, IL 60618 773.755.5100 |
Built into the rise of an ancient sand dune -- once the shoreline of Lake Michigan -- Chicagos newest museum bills itself as an environmental museum for the 21st century. While that might sound fairly dull, most of the e... more
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Picture Us Galleries 2 N Lasalle St, Chicago, IL |
Framed prints, posters and photos. Custom framing available. Many Chicago photos (skylines, Michael Jordan, vintage photographs) and vintage Chicago-themed posters (South Shore rail line, World's Fair) as well as prints ... more
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Polish Museum of America 984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 773.384.3352 |
Chicago has the largest Polish population of any city outside Warsaw, and this museum in Ukranian Village, just south of Wicker Park, celebrates that fact. Take a trip to the old country by strolling through exhibits of ... more
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