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Chicago Cultural Center
2 991 reviews
"Aside from being a beautiful building filled with finely executed mosaic work, a lovely marble staircase and an always interesting array of changing exhibits; the Cultural Center also has a free weekly recital und...""I listened to a wonderful harp trio performing in Preston Bradley Hall; admired multiple exhibit halls (fantastic modern art from/about Puerto Rico!); also got many detailed, picturesque handouts and information b..."
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Richard H. Driehaus Museum
1 422 reviews
"... Driehaus Museum is a "hidden gem" when the large and fashionable mansion is situated on the corner of Wabash and Erie on Chicago's Near North Side, near the Magnificent Mile, the very epitome of The Gilded Age.""This former 'home/mansion' is now a private museum..often offering special exhibits like clothes from Downton Abbey show and/or French posters and/or the first comics from Germany& England: Punch and Puck.was exce..."
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American Writers Museum
375 reviews
"Instead of manuscripts, artifacts and first editions, there are interactive touch screens and high-tech multimedia installations galore, a children's literature gallery, a Bob Dylan exhibit, an 85-foot-long intera...""Easily worth 2 hours, this very modern museum offers a broad range of exhibit types (from pictures to interactive video) on a wide variety of writers -- so it's good for all ages, and all levels of background."
Sights & Landmarks
The Rookery Building
392 reviews
"It is quite close to the Sears Tower, so if you are headed that way, you can easily add a stop at this beautiful building.""The Rookery (on the corner of LaSalle and West Adams), by John Wellborn Root and Daniel Burnham, completed in 1888, is one of the finest buildings in Chicago and well worth a look."
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Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank
510 reviews
"It was very informative and the best part about it ...... FREE!!!! Get your FREE printed photo at the end and also your FREE bag of shredded money .""If you love rare bill,then the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Money Museum, is an exciting place to visit.Did you know that, there are only three thousand dollar bills that exist today."
Sights & Landmarks
University of Chicago
461 reviews
"Exploring the museums on campus, the Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright, Site P-1 where the first atomic reactor was secretly built and miles of paths, trails and parkways through beautiful architecture...Makes for...""This world class University offers many special museums and a chance to walk the Midway and streets of Hyde Park as you bump shoulders with students and faculty."
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National Museum of Mexican Art
236 reviews
"The main part of the museum was a huge hit with the younger people and had a lot of really interesting pieces that reveal the incredible diversity of artwork by Mexican artists.""In an immaculate building in the heart of Pilsen, you'll find a building with a wealth of art of all types of media by Mexican artists that celebrates Mexican history and culture."
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Oriental Institute Museum
551 reviews
"An internationally recognized research center for ancient Near Eastern or Oriental studies and archaeology museum, its collection of Near Eastern and Southwest Asian and Egyptian artifacts is one of the finest in...""Founded for the university by professor James Henry Breasted with funds donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr., it conducts research on ancient civilizations throughout the Near East, including at its facility, Chicag..."
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DuSable Museum of African American History
93 reviews
"The museum has a collection of 13,000 artifacts, books, photographs, art objects and memorabilia, including slavery-era relics, 19th and 20th century artifacts, the works of scholar W.E.B. DuBois, author James Bal...""... art by South Side Community Art Center students Charles White, Archibald Motley Jr., Gus Nall, Charles Sebree and Marion Perkins and prints and drawings by Henry O. Tanner, Richmond Barthe and Romare Bearden."
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Glessner House Museum
92 reviews
"Ever on the hunt for something interesting to see in Chicago, having visited there at least a dozen times through the years, I came across this architectural gem by Richardson that gives visitors a peek at the Gil...""The John J. Glessner House, virtually all that remains of the once magnificent Prairie Avenue Historic District, which featured the Gilded Age homes of Chicago's most famous families, is an architecturally importa..."
Nature & Parks
Jackson Park's Japanese Garden
30 reviews
"Note: in recent years, Yoko Ono has contributed a beautiful sculpture near the entry to the garden...titled the Phoenix (also the name of the Gardens...).""If you have the time, you might also want to visit the Museum of Science and Industry, the only other remaining edifice from the great Columbian Exposition of 1893."
Food & Drink
Motor Row Brewing
32 reviews
"We recently visited on a trip to the Windy city, my partner decided to enter the rock and roll 10k so we had to visit McCormick Place for her to register, only leaving the venue we ventured outside to 100 temperat...""Only checked out the tasting room as the main room was booked for a private event but I will stop by again the next time I am in Chicago."
