Chicago is world famous for its museums totaling more than 70 institutions. For those who want to fall under Chicago’s charm, you can choose between all the museums to visit during your vacation in Chicago.
The major museums of the city of Chicago are:
• The Art Institute of Chicago: one of the largest art museums in the United States. It holds the largest number of Impressionist paintings outside Paris. Renowned for its collections of American art, the museum has found generous patrons in the affluent community of Chicago. Its collections comprise 5 000 years of history of art in the world. He has received about 1 450 000 visitors in 2005.
• Chicago Cultural Center: a few blocks north of the Institute, built in 1897, he was at that time, the first library in the city.
• Field Museum of Natural History, home to the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. In 2005, it hosted 1.3 million visitors.
• The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is the largest museum of Contemporary Art in the world, he explores the art dating from 1945 to the present, with particular emphasis on surrealism, minimalism, conceptual photography and work local artists.
• Oriental Institute of Chicago, is part of the University of Chicago
• The Shedd Aquarium is one of the largest in the world,
• Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, is the fourth largest cultural attraction in the city.
• Adler Planetarium: The oldest in the Americas
• Museum of Communications Issue
• Chicago History Museum
• National Museum of Mexican Art (Pilsen neighborhood)
• American Police Center Museum
• The DuSable Museum of African American History is the oldest and largest museum devoted to history, culture and art Afro-American.
• Museum of Contemporary Photography
• Ling Long Museum (Chinatown)
• Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
• Polish Museum of America
• Spertus Museum of Judaica
• Terra Museum of American Art
• National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
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