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| Museums |
| Most of Chicago’s museums have one free or discounted day each week. See individual museum websites for a schedule of these days.
With a Chicago Public Library card (apply for free card at any public library), you can get a museum pass to nearly every museum listed below. These passes are good for one week and more than one person at a time, but they usually do not apply to special exhibits.
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| The Adler Planetarium |
| 1300 Lake Shore Drive312-922-STAR (7827)www.adlerplanetarium.org |
| The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 111 S. Michigan Avenue312-443-3600www.artic.edu |
| The Field Museum |
| 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive312-922-9410http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ |
| The Shedd Aquarium |
| 1200 S. Lakeshore Drive312-939-2438http://www.sheddaquarium.org |
| Museum of Science and Industry |
| 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive773-684-1414www.msichigago.org |
| Museum of Contemporary Art |
| Tuesday 5pm to 8pm.220 Chicago Avenue312-280-2660www.mcachicago.org |
| Spertus Museum |
| 618 S. Michigan Avenue312-322-1747www.spertus.edu/ |
| Chicago Historical Society Museum |
| 1601 N. Clark St. 312-642-4600Temporarily closed for renovations. Research library and store are currently open to the public. For updates: http://www.chicagohistory.org/index.asp |
| Swedish American Museum and Children’s Museum of Immigration |
| 5211 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60640773-728-8111www.swedishamericanmuseum.org. |
| Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum |
| 2430 N. Cannon Drive773-755-5100www.naturemuseum.org |
| Lincoln Park Conservatory |
| 2400 N. Stockton Drive312-742-7736Free every day |
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| Check websites for free-day schedule or entrance fee cost. |
| Glessner House Museum |
| 1800 S. Prairie Avenue 312-326-1480www.glessnerhouse.org |
| Clark House Museum |
| 1827 S. Indiana 312-326-1480 www.cityofchicago.org |
| DuSable Museum of African American History |
| 740 E. 56th Place773-947-0600www.dusablemuseum.org |
| Chicago Children’s Museum |
| 700 E. Grand Avenue312-527-10005-8pmwww.chichildrensmuseum.org |
| The Smart Museum of Art |
| 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue773-702-0200http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu |
| The Oriental Institute Museum |
| 1155 E. 58th Street773-702-9520 www.oi.uchicago.edu |
| The Peace Museum |
| 100 N. Central Park Avenue773-638-6450www.peacemuseum.org |
| The Renaissance Society of University of Chicago |
| 5911 S. Ellis Avenue, Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418773-702-8670 |
| Intuit: the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art |
| 56 N. Milwaukee Avenue312-243-9088http://outsider.art.org |
| Jane Addams Hull House |
| 800 S. Halsted Street312-413-5353http://wall.aa.uic.edu:62730/artifact/HullHouse.asp |
| Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) |
| 820 N. Michigan Ave.312-915-7630http://www.luc.edu/luma/ |
| Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum |
| 1852 W. 19th Street312-738-1503www.mfachicago.org |
| Museum of Broadcast Communications |
| 78 E. Washington Street312-629-6000,www.museum.tv |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography |
| 600 S. Michigan Avenue312-663-5534www.mocp.org |
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