Founded in 1856, the Chicago History Museum (originally called the Chicago Historical Society) was created to focus solely on the study of Chicago's history.[Learn more]
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We think that every city needs its own Shakespeare theater and Chicago's is definitely one worthy of visiting.[Learn more]
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Lookingglass Theatre Company was founded back in 1988 by a group of graduate students from Northwestern University (including the famous Friend David Schwimmer), borrowing the name from the much loved Lewis Carroll novel Through the Looking Glas[Learn more]
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The Museum of Science and Industry is found in Jackson Park, right between Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago, and is the same building that used to be the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Palace of Fine Arts.[Learn more]
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The Art Institute of Chicago was founded back in 1879 as a museum and school for the fine arts, and is now one of the state's most beloved art museums.[Learn more]
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In case you didn't know, an athenaeum is a space filled with books, periodicals and newspapers, generally kept for literary or scientific purposes - so right away it's obvious what The Chicago Athenaeum is known for.[Learn more]
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Built in 1921 as a movie house, when it was originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, this cultural landmark (which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979) is the state's go-to venue for plays, music performances...[Learn more]
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The Field Museum was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections that were assembled for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.[Learn more]
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