Over two million visitors per year enjoy the creation of Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, who in 1933 opened America's first center for "industrial enlightenment", a vehicle for public science education, where visitors could interact with the exhibits, not just view displays and artifacts. - (Read more)

Collects, interprets, and presents the city's history to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications. - (Read more)

Museum of architecture and design features public programs and education services. - (Read more)

Examines the relationship between people and nature, exploring the ways in which humans impact their environment. Located in Lincoln Park. - (Read more)

Designated by Wright himself as "the cornerstone of modern architecture," the 1909 Robie House exemplifies Wright's Prairie style. With its sweeping horizontal lines, dramatic overhanging roofs, and free-flowing interior spaces, this building changed the course of American architectural history. - (Read more)

Houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. On the University of Chicago campus. - (Read more)

Home designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Information about tours, exhibits, collections, history and location. - (Read more)

Owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a historic memorial to Jane Addams and her innovative settlement house programs. - (Read more)

Online version of this repository of broadcast information features educational programs and exhibits and a searchable database of television, radio, commercial and news archives. - (Read more)

Located at Columbia College, Chicago. The site presents links to the museum's exhibitions, publications, and collections, as well as to membership and contact information. - (Read more)

Research center at the University of Chicago. Directory of websites about the Near East, research project and archive information, departments and projects, and access to publications. - (Read more)

Founded in 1930, the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum is the premier public resource for learning about astronomy discoveries. - (Read more)

An internationally acclaimed museum and center for education and research in the natural sciences. Founded in 1893, its collection has grown to more than 20 million specimens. Noted strengths include evolutionary biology, paleontology, archaeology and ethnography. - (Read more)

A museum of contemporary art at the University of Chicago whose mission is to encourage the growth and understanding of contemporary visual expression through exhibitions, publications, and events. - (Read more)