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Museum of Science and Industry
10 965 reviews
#2 of 135 Museums in Chicago
"We have enjoyed the Shedd, Field
Museum
, Art Institute of Chicago, Peggy Notebaert
Museum
, LP Zoo & Navy Pier Children’s
Museum
, and the MSI is now definitely our new favorite rainy day activity."
"So many favorite things: Christmas around the World exhibit, the Omnimax theatre, the submarine tour, the chicks, the bicycle exhibit, the African American artwork, the circus exhibit, the
Fairy Castle
, the Mirror..."
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Field Museum
8 680 reviews
#7 of 135 Museums in Chicago
"Nature, evolution, culture, art ... Apart from great Sue and the
dinosaurs
part, I also enjoyed the sections on D-day native American veterans, China, Africa, but mostly the awsome Wildlife Photography of the Year"
"Rivaling the Museum of
Natural History
in New York, this museum is replete with towering dinosaur skeletons, fossils, ancient artifacts from early humankind, all under a magnificently designed Romanesque-style bui..."
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International Museum of Surgical Science
189 reviews
#23 of 135 Museums in Chicago
"Displays include more than 7,000 photographs,
paintings
and drawings, sculpture, medical equipment, skeletons, medical specimens and historic artifacts."
"The
museum
houses an exceptional timeline of artifacts and paintings that tell the story of the surgical sciences."
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wndr museum
59 reviews
#40 of 135 Museums in Chicago
"The visit was pricey, but the
museum
is immersive and it was a really fun departure from everything else we did in Chicago which was more traditional and tame."
"And OMG we LOVED IT! (Especially me, but my husband agreed that it was good!) It's an intersection of
art
and science, and the staff totally geeked out on the areas that they were staffing and made it very interes..."
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Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum
#104 of 135 Museums in Chicago
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Field Museum
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