Page 27 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Chicago

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Museum of Contemporary Art
Cutting-edge modern works by European
and American artists such as sculptor
Alexander Calder are featured in permanent
and rotating exhibits (see p67).

Near NORTH STATE STREET
North N MICHIGAN AVENUE
Side Art Institute of Chicago
WEST GRAND AVENUE One of the largest holdings of Impressionist
and Post-Impressionist paintings outside
France can be found here (see pp48–51).
Lake
Michigan
Downtown

Field Museum
An encyclopedic collection of
objects relating to the earth’s
natural and cultural history are
explored in vivid displays at this
museum (see pp88–91).

South Adler Planetarium
Loop and One of the world’s foremost planetariums, the Adler has a webcam
Near atop its dome – offering a superb view of Chicago – and over 2,000
South astronomical artifacts (see pp94–5).
Side
SOUTH STATE STREET
E 35TH STREET

Smart Museum of Art
The specialties within the
wide-ranging collection
of this compact museum
are antiquities and Old
Masters (see p105).
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE
SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE

E HYDE PARK BOULEVARD
S COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE

South Museum of Science and Industry
Side Many of the technological inventions and scientific
discoveries that have changed our world are on
display at this very popular museum, a leader in
interactive exhibits (see pp108–11).

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