Here's a list of summer museum highlights in Chicago, including picks from the Art Institute, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Morton Arboretum.
, an initiative by the Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation, unveils 12 public artworks raising awareness about environmental justice. You’ll find them all over the city from Albany Park to Hegewisch, where they will remain for at least a year. But the real limited-time offer is two jam-packed weeks of events marking the occasion, from site-specific dance performances to documentary screenings.earthartchicago.
“Back Home: Polish Chicago,” Tuesdays through Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sundays noon to 5 p.m. through June 2024 at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St.; free to $19; The Driehaus Museum is housed in the 19th century Nickerson Mansion, built for banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson at the height of the country’s Gilded Age.If you’ve never been to Paris but walked down Michigan Avenue, you already know the work of. Synonymous with the art nouveau movement, the architect and designer dreamed up the Paris Métro’s iconic cast-iron entrances, with a local copycat adorning the Metra stairway at Michigan and Van Buren.
“Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism,” Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursdays and Sundays 11. a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 22 through Nov. 5 at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, 40 E. Erie St.; admission free to $20;The first hula dancers to arrive in Chicago performed at the 1893 World’s Fair, held the same year the Field Museum was founded.
Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Field Museum, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.; general admission $18-$30.
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