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Museums: A Guide to Chicago's Museums and their Free Days

Museum Campus

Museums and Cultural Attractions
Chicago's cultural institutions explore a variety of subjects including history, modern art, African-American culture, astronomy and natural history. Some museums offer free admission daily and others are free on designated days. If a museum charges admission on the day you choose to visit, be sure to inquire about student discounts.

Museum Information
(Dates subject to change. Call museums for more information.)

Always Free:

CenterSpace Gallery at Gallery 37
66 E. Randolph Street
312.744.8925
www.gallery37.org

Chicago ArchiCenter
224 S. Michigan Avenue
312.922.3432
www.architecture.org

Chicago Beaches and Parks
Various locations
312.742.PLAY (7529)
Chicago Park District

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Tourism Center
72 E. Randolph Street
312.744.6630
Chicago Office of Tourism

City Gallery at the Historic
Water Tower

806 N. Michigan Avenue
312.742.0808
www.cityofchicago.org/Tourism
/ThingsToDo/CityGallery/CityGallery

Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
312.747.4300
www.chipublib.org

DePaul University Art Museum
2350 N. Kenmore
773.325.7506
http://museums.depaul.edu/artwebsite/

Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Avenue
312.746.5100
www.garfield-conservatory.org

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N. Milwaukee Avenue
312.243.9088
http://outsider.art.org

Jane Addams Hull House
800 S. Halsted Street
312.413.5353

Lincoln Park Conservatory
2400 N. Stockton Drive
312.742.7736

Lincoln Park Zoo
2200 N. Cannon Drive
312.742.2000
www.lpzoo.com

Martin D'Arcy Museum of Art
6525 N. Sheridan Road
773.508.2679
http://darcy.luc.edu

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
1852 W. 19th Street
312.738.1503
www.mfachicago.org

Museum of Broadcast
Communications

78 E. Washington Street
312.629.6000
www.museum.tv

Museum of Contemporary
Photography

600 S. Michigan Avenue
312.663.5554
www.mocp.org

Navy Pier
600 E. Grand Avenue
312.595.PIER (7437)
www.navypier.com

Newberry Library
60 W. Walton Street
312.943.9090
www.newberry.org

The Oriental Institute Museum
1155 E. 58th Street
773.702.9520
www-oi.uchicago.edu

The Peace Museum
100 N. Central Park Avenue
773.638.6450
www.peacemuseum.org

The Renaissance Society of University of Chicago
5811 S. Ellis Avenue
Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418
773.702.8670

The Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
773.702.0200
smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

The Smith Museum of Stained Glass
Navy Pier
700 E. Grand Avenue
312.791.6049


The Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2403
312.922.STAR (7827)

www.adlerplanetarium.org

Chicago Historical Society
Clark Street at North Avenue
312.642.4600
www.chicagohistory.org

The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
312.922.9410
www.fmnh.org
September 15 - December 23

Museum of Science and Industry
57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
773.684.1414
www.msichicago.org
September 15 - November 25, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

The Shedd Aquarium
1200 S. Lakeshore Drive
312.939.2438
www.sheddnet.org
October 6 - December 23

Tuesdays:

The Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
312.922.STAR (7827)
www.adlerplanetarium.org
September 15 - December 23

The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
312.922.9410
www.fmnh.org
September 15 - December 23

International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lakeshore Drive
312.642.6502
www.imss.org/html/frames

Museum of Contemporary Art
Tuesdays 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
220 E. Chicago Avenue
312.280.2660
www.mcachicago.org

Museum of Science and Industry
57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
773.684.1414
www.msichicago.org
September 15 - November 25, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

The Shedd Aquarium
1200 S. Lakeshore Drive
312.939.2438
www.sheddnet.org
October 6 - December 23

Swedish American Museum and Children's Museum of Immigration
5211 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
773.728.8111
http://www.samac.org/
Second Tuesday of every month

Wednesdays:

Clark House Museum
1827 S. Indiana Avenue
312.326.1480
Clarke House Museum

Glessner House Museum
1800 S. Prairie Avenue
312.326.1480
www.glessnerhouse.org

Thursdays:

Chicago Children's Museum
700 E. Grand Avenue
312.527.1000
www.chichildrensmuseum.org
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N. Cannon Drive
773.755.5100
www.naturemuseum.org

The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Avenue
www.artic.edu
312.443.3600
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Fridays:

Spertus Museum
618 S. Michigan Avenue
312.322.1747
www.spertus.edu/

Sundays:

DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E. 56th Place
773.947.0600
www.dusablemuseum.org

 
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