The Magnificent Mile

1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605

Discover forty centuries of human creativity at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the world’s leading art museums.  From ancient Chinese bronzes to the latest work by contemporary artists, the collections include some of the finest art ever produced.  Especially noteworthy is the internationally acclaimed collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pictures, with many outstanding example by Monet, Renoir, Degas, van Gogh and other painters of the period.  The Renzo Piano-designed Modern Wing is devoted to a stunning collection of 20th- and 21st-centure art.

111 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603

Chicago Children’s Museum is the place where play and learning connect!  Three floors of hands-on exhibits and daily programs make math, science, reading, the arts, and the city’s vibrant cultures come alive for kids through age 10 and their families.

700 E. Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

The Loyola University Museum of Art, opened in 2005, is dedicated to the exploration, promotion, and understanding of art and artistic expression that attempts to illuminate the enduring spiritual questions and concerns of all cultures and societies. As a museum with an interest in education and educational programming, LUMA reflects Loyola University Chicago’s Jesuit mission and is dedicated to helping men and women of all creeds explore the roots of their own faith and spiritual quest. Located at Loyola’s Water Tower Campus, the museum occupies the first, second, and third floors of the University’s historic Lewis Towers on Chicago’s famous Michigan Avenue. The museum’s 35,000 square foot space contains eight exhibition main galleries, the William G. and Marilyn M. Simpson Lecture Hall, the Solomon Cordwell Buenz Library of Sacred Art and Architecture, the Museum Store, the Push Pin Gallery and the Harlan J. Berk Ltd. Works on Paper Gallery.

820 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

Nestled inside the southwest tower of the Michigan Avenue Bridge, the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum shares the story of how the Chicago River changed with the growth of a city. Enter the five-story bridgehouse from the riverwalk level and discover why the river’s flow was reversed or how plant and animal species once nearly lost are now returning. You can also see the gears that open the landmark bridge.

376 N. Michigan Avenue, Riverwalk Level
Chicago, IL 60601

One of the nation’s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the MCA boasts a gift store, bookstore, restaurant, 300-seat theater and a terraced sculpture garden with a great view of Lake Michigan.

220 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

Entertain your brain at the Museum of Science and Industry, the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere. Explore a World War II German submarine. Descend into a coal mine.  Send your pulse to a 13-foot, 3-D heart. Get blown away by a 40-foot tornado. MSI offers dynamic live science experiences and hands-on interactive activities for guests of all ages! Voted one of the “7 Wonders of Chicago.”

57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637

The Richard H. Driehaus Museum preserves and interprets the Gilded Age home of Chicago entrepreneur Samuel M. Nickerson in order to promote the understanding and appreciation of historic architecture and design.  Visitors are invited to participate in an immersive experience of 19th-century design as they explore one of Chicago’s finest historic homes.

The Museum is open for tours and is available for special events.  For current information on exhibitions, programming, fees and hours, visit the Driehaus Museum website.

50 E. Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611