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Adler Planetarium, 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Adler Planetarium
Designed by: Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Junior
Construction Completed: 1930
Area: Museum Campus
Post Code: 60605
City: Chicago, Illinois
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Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicao Art Institute of Chicago
Construction Completed: 1893
Area: The Loop
Post Code: 60603
City: Chicao, Illinois
 Like the city’s other great museum, the Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago is housed in a building whose majesty is only surpassed by the depth of the collection inside. Columns, arches, and ...read more >>
   
Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing, Columbus and Monroe, Chicago Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing
Designed by: Renzo Piano
Construction Completed: 2009
Area: The Loop
Post Code: 60603
City: Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington Street, Chicago Chicago Cultural Center
Designed by: Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge
Construction Completed: 1897
Area: The Loop
Post Code: 60602
City: Chicago, Illinois
 Today a repository of cultural information, its form gives away its original purpose -- a repository of knowledge. This was the first permanent home of the Chicago Public Library. Its stately column...read more >>
   
Clarke House, 1827 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago Clarke House
Construction Completed: 1836
Area: South Loop
Post Code: 60616
City: Chicago, Illinois
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Field Museum, 1400 South Lakeshore Drive, Chicago Field Museum
Designed by: D.H. Burnham and Company; Graham, Burnham and Company; Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
Construction Completed: 1920
Area: Museum Campus
Post Code: 60605
City: Chicago, Illinois
 This is one of the largest public museums in the United States, and is considered one of the best natural history museums in the world. The star attraction is "Sue," a dinosaur skeleton that occupies ...read more >>
   
Frances Willard House, 1730 Chicago Avenue, Evanston Frances Willard House
Area: Evanston
Post Code: 60201
City: Evanston, Illinois
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Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago Glessner House
Designed by: Henry Hobson Richardson
Construction Completed: 1886
Area: South Loop
Post Code: 60616
City: Chicago, Illinois
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Hemingway Museum, 200 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park Hemingway Museum
Designed by: W. Pagels
Construction Completed: 1914
Area: Oak Park
Post Code: 60302
City: Oak Park, Illinois
 It is mildly intriguing that a rough-and-tumble personality like Ernest Hemingway would have a museum so grand, glorious, and stately. But two things must be taken into account. 1: This is Oak Park, ...read more >>
   
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago)
Area: Gold Coast
Post Code: 60611
City: Chicago, Illinois
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Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 5700 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Construction Completed: 1893
Area: Hyde Park
Post Code: 60637
City: Chicago, Illinois
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National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, 1801 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
Construction Completed: 1931
Area: South Loop
Post Code: 60616
City: Chicago, Illinois
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Old Water Tower, 806 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago Old Water Tower
Designed by: William W. Boyington
Construction Completed: 1869
Area: Gold Coast
Post Code: 60611
City: Chicago, Illinois
 In the middle of a city known for its towers of glass and steel stands a tower made of stone that looks out of place. The Old Water Tower looks like an oversized set decoration from some Elizabethan p...read more >>
   
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