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10-24-2004, 04:29 PM
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CHICAGO--Free Musuem Days
Movies are getting so expensive these days. If you are in the Chicago area, here is a A Guide to Chicago's Museums and their Free Days.
Museums: A Guide to Chicago's Museums and their Free Days 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) www.chicagoparkdistrict.com Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington Street www.cityofchicago.org/ tourism/CulturalCenter/ Chicago Tourism Center 72 E. Randolph Street 312.744.6630 Chicago Blues Exchange - now to March 1, 2004 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 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 http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Navy Pier 700 E. Grand Avenue 312.791.6049 Terra Museum of American Art 664 N. Michigan Avenue 312.664.3939 www.terramuseum.org Until July 2003 Special Free Days: Mondays: The Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive 312.922.STAR (7827) www.adlerplanetarium.org September 15 - December 23 Chicago Historical Society Clark Street at North Avenue 312.642.4600 www.chicagohistory.com 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 Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Avenue www.artic.edu 312.443.3600 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 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 www.swedishamericanmuseum.org Second Tuesday of every month Wednesdays: Clark House Museum 1827 S. Indiana Avenue 312.326.1480 www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs /ClarkeHouse/ClarkeHouse 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 5-8 p.m. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Drive 773.755.5100 www.naturemuseum.org 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 http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/w...amId=536879145 |
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10-24-2004, 05:42 PM
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Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so expensive to go as a family. I appreciate this~~~~~``
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10-24-2004, 06:52 PM
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The Museum of Broadcast
Communications is closed for right now. (It will open in 2006 at a new location. We went there 2 years ago. My hubby wanted to see some of the props and stuff from the Bozo Show. I totally recommend checking out the Children's Museum on the Navy Pier & the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. We went to these in August and had a lot of fun. 
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10-24-2004, 08:55 PM
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Awesome list! Thank you! Can't wait to go to the Shedd Aquarium especially now that I know I can go for free on Mondays or Tuesdays.
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10-24-2004, 09:21 PM
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Scottsdale Art Museum in Old Town is free on Thursday evenings.
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10-26-2004, 08:47 AM
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For a $57 membership at the nature museum (Peggy noterbart), you get free admission to hundreds of museums in the US. There is a wide selection in Chicago alone! TOTALLY worth the memberships! Free days can be totally crazy!
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