Chicago Sites

Navy Pier
Millenium Park
Buckingham Fountain
The Magnificent Mile (North Michigan Avenue for shopping)
State Street (Shopping)
John Hancock Observatory
Sears Tower Observatory

Museums & Art museums

• Art Institute of Chicago                                 www.artic.edu/aic
• Chicago Cultural Center                               www.ci.chi.il.us
• Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum            nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org  
• Museum of Contemporary Art                     www.mcachicago.org
• Museum of Contemporary Photography    www.mocp.org
• Museum of Holography                                holographiccenter.com
• National Museum of Mexican Art                www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/
• National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum    www.nvvam.org
• David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (University of Chicago)
                                                                                smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/
• The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows
                                www.navypier.com/things2do/rides_attract/smith_museum.html
• Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art                 www.uima-art.org/gallery.html

Children's museums

• Chicago Children's Museum                       www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org
• The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences                                      www.chias.org/

Cultural and historical museums

• Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture    www.lithaz.org/museums/balzekas/
• Chicago History Museum                             chicagohistory.org
• Clarke House Museum                                 www.glessnerhouse.org
• DuSable Museum of African American History     www.dusablemuseum.org/
• Evanston Historical Society/Charles Gates Dawes House         www.evanstonhistorical.org
• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio        www.gowright.org/homestudio/homestudio.html
• Frank Lloyd Wright Frederick C. Robie House  www.gowright.org/robiehouse/robiehouse.html
• Glessner House Museum                             www.glessnerhouse.org
• Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center        www.hellenicmuseum.org/
• Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois             www.hmfi.org/
• Jane Addams Hull House Center for Arts and Culture     www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/Events/craftivism/

• Mitchell Museum of the American Indian    www.mitchellmuseum.org/
• The Museum of Broadcast Communications        www.museum.tv/
• Oriental Institute Museum                             oi.uchicago.edu/
• The Peace Museum                                     www.peacemuseum.org
• Polish Museum of America              www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/
• Spertus Museum                                           www.spertus.edu/
• Swedish American Museum Center           www.samac.org/
• Ukrainian National Museum                         www.ukrainianchicago.com/

Natural history and science museums

• Adler Planetarium                                         www.adlerplanetarium.org/
• Brookfield Zoo                                               www.brookfieldzoo.org/
• Chicago Botanic Garden                             www.ChicagoBotanic.org   
• Field Museum of Natural History                 www.FieldMuseum.org 
• Garfield Park Conservatory                         www.garfield-conservatory.org/
• International Museum of Surgical Science             www.imss.org/
• Lincoln Park Conservatory
        www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/.../fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/45AA3ED2-7C6F-4461-83B2-29CB991637E6.cfm
• Lincoln Park Zoo                                           www.lpzoo.com/
• Museum of Science and Industry                www.msichicago.org/
• John G. Shedd Aquarium                             www.sheddaquarium.org/

Not-for-profit and university galleries

• David Adler Cultural Center                         www.adlercenter.org/                     
• American Academy of Art                            www.aaart.edu
• Chicago Architecture Foundation               www.architecture.org
• City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower
• Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts
• www.colum.edu/centers/bpa/
• Columbia College Chicago Glass Curtain Gallery
• www.colum.edu/glass_curtain_gallery/
• Columbia College Chicago Hokin Gallery and Annex
• www.colum.edu/hokin_gallery/
• Cuneo Museum                                             www.cuneomuseum.org/
• DePaul University Art Museum                    museums.depaul.edu/
• Evanston Art Center                                     www.evanstonartcenter.org
• Hyde Park Art Center                                   www.hydeparkart.org/
• Illinois Institute of Technology, art@IIT Gallery       art.iit.edu/
• Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery       www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/chicago/
• Loyola University's Crown Center Gallery www.luc.edu/finearts/gallery_shows.shtml
• Loyola University Museum of Art                             www.luc.edu/luma/
• Newberry Library                                                       www.newberry.org/
• North Lakeside Cultural Center                               www.newberry.org/
• Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery www.neiu.edu/~art/gal.html
• Noyes Cultural Art Center Gallery   www.cityofevanston.org/departments/parks/news/noyes_art_exhitibitons.shtml
• Pritzker Military Library                                             www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/
• The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago    www.renaissancesociety.org
• Riverside Arts Center                                               riversideartscenter.com/
• Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center                          www.ruizbelvis.org/
• Skokie North Shore Sculpture Park                        www.sculpturepark.org/
• South Side Community Art Center              www.southsidecommunityartcenter.com/
• South Shore Cultural Center                        www.hydepark.org/parks/southshore/aboutsscc.htm