Chicago Museums
Sea creatures made from flip-flops, beach toys, water bottles and other plastic garbage that washed ashore are part of a new exhibit illuminating the proliferation of pollution in the world’s waterways.
His artwork is in the collections of George Lucas, Jay-Z and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. We get a preview of the show “Hebru Brantley: Forced Field” at the Elmhurst Art Museum.
Propaganda and political cartoons show different perspectives of Vietnam at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.
Marching through 100 years of military history in the newly expanded First Division Museum at Cantigny Park.
Chicago’s iconic T. rex Sue will get a makeover when the largest dinosaur ever discovered comes to town. Stretching 122 feet from snout to tail, the titanosaur is longer than two accordion CTA buses end to end.
To counter the divisiveness of President Trump’s proposed border wall, artist and Pussyhat Project co-founder Jayna Zweiman is seeking the public’s help to create 2,000 miles of welcome blankets to give to new immigrants.
He helped to define rock ‘n’ roll in the 1960s—and his life was a forged as a child in Nazi Germany. We explore an exhibition about Bill Graham at the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
There’s a new floating attraction along Chicago’s Riverwalk. We go for a look.
Curators and students at Columbia College Chicago have devised a way to get viewers to reimagine the meaning of a photograph.
One of his goals is to create conversations around exhibits and programming that are relevant to historical subject matter, but also to the present.
A new exhibit at the Art Institute showcases the little-known woodworking and ceramics of artist Paul Gauguin.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Field Museum, and the role and influence of the curators who put the museum's incredible collection together.
The MCA celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new exhibition by a colorful contemporary artist.
The museum is turning to the public for help in telling the story of African-Americans who served as combat soldiers during World War 1.
With the end of the school year just weeks away, the Museum of Science and Industry is calling on Chicago’s “kid superheroes” to unite and defeat summer’s top villain: the “evil Dr. Brain Drain.”
A new exhibit aims to be an immersive experience that brings the 2015 movie and its gigantic reptilian stars to life.