This collection contains over 5,500 objects, making it one of the largest collections of Mexican art in the nation. On display are prints, drawings, paintings, photography, folk art, sculpture...

This new installation takes a closer look into the life and legacy of Harold Washington, twenty years after the passing of the city's first African American Mayor. This exhibition will afford a new...

This interactive exhibit celebrates the uniqueness of every child. Take a self-portrait, make a model of yourself or travel through a mirrored kaleidoscope tunnel and check out your reflection.

'Chicago: You Are Here,' a permanent exhibition located in the ArcelorMittal CitySpace Gallery, provides a tour of the spaces, places, and structures that define Chicago. It highlights the people who...

The Field Museum's entomologists have accumulated one of the largest collections of insects in the Western Hemisphere. The Museum's collection is expanding constantly through field work, purchases and...

Professor Boonie and Mr. Singer delight young audiences with their music, songs and tall tales at Story Time. Story Time is free and held at the Farmhouse located at the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by...

The museum's Climbing Schooner allows kids to investigate the ocean depths at the bottom, or see the sights from on high as they climb to the top.

The National Museum of Mexican Art presents 'Rastros y Cronicas: Mujeres de Juarez,' a chronicle of the struggles of Mexican women and the grievous deaths in Ciudad Juarez.

Designed for younger visitors, this section of the museum provides a variety of safe, fun nature-themed activities.

This gallery showcases art created by museum visitors.

Kids can learn about water while experimenting with pulleys, pumps, wheels and pipes. Steer a boat down the 'WaterWays' river or create a water fountain.

Kids can design their own skyscrapers and learn about art, technology and engineering.

Kids can shop at a mini grocery store, pretend to drive a bus, change a tire or other neighborhood activities.

Contemporary-style mosaic murals by Chicago artist Thomas Miller feature portraits of the eight founders of the DuSable Museum of African American History including Dr. Margaret Burroughs, Charles...

'Travels of the Crow: Journey of an Indian Nation' presents thirteen striking historical objects, including a dramatic headdress of bison fleece and eagle feathers, a set of superbly beaded regalia...

Through ancient manuscripts, compelling multimedia and evocative exhibitory, explore the many facets of diamonds and be dazzled by breathtaking pieces.

These large-scale, highly representational paintings focus on the world reflected in the same two puddles outside the artist's home. By focusing on the myriads of details and in the ambience created...

Presented by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, this exhibition in the Center's Landmark Chicago Gallery features 72 black and white photographs of 24 landmarks and historic districts by Richard...

Chicago-based photographer John Allan Faier's large format digital color photographs of mausoleums and their lobbies suggest a paradox. The lush treatment of the subject contradicts the expected...

Hollis Sigler found her artistic voice in the unrestrained drawings of her youth, but the Chicago artist's vibrantly colored faux-naive style draws in viewers only to reveal emotion-laden and very...

The deeply personal and passionate paintings and sculptures of Angel Otero have made a mark on the cultural scene over the past few years. Otero, having just completed his MFA degree at the School of...

Pittsburgh-based Susanne Slavick has created a dialogue of "restoration" in her over-painted photographs depicting the destruction in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon. By alluding to historical...

'Honest Abe of the West,' an exhibition organized by the Newberry Library, will commemorate the 200th birthday of America's sixteenth president. 'Honest Abe of the West' chronicles Lincoln's early...

The face of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is one of the most recognizable in America. In celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth, the Chicago Public Library will...

The new self-guided, personal-audio tour captures the essence of Chicago with 16 featured sites complemented by rich narrative and fun facts about the city's past and present.

In the days of the transatlantic slave trade, many African captives last left Africa by passing through "slave castles" on the continent's west coast. Discover the inner workings of the Bunce Island...

Find out what the Earth's creatures are up to when humans aren't around. See life from the viewpoint of penguins, seals, lions and more.

Visitors can meet an animal closeup. Explore connections to animals such as cockroaches, frogs, turtles, snakes and more during a live-animal program.

Harold Washington, 42nd Mayor of Chicago, was the city's first African American Mayor. He was a reformer who changed Chicago politics and a person who never lost sight of the place from which he came...

Discover why contemporary Chinese art has emerged as one of the fastest growing and most dynamic components of the international art scene with this exhibition of large-scale sculpture on view in the...