Impressive list, but incomplete. Blues Heaven Foundation is on the premises of Chess Studios where so much great music was recorded by so many legends like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Buddy Guy, Etta James, the Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon, Johnnie Johnson, Otis Spann...It is not a big museum, but I felt incredible just standing inside the studio. Watch the film presentation about the history of the place. You will learn stuff. I did and I knew more than the average person going in. Go to Chinatown down the block, just the other side of the brown line, for lunch or dinner.
I will let you count them:A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum 10406 S. Maryland Ave 773.928.3935 Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr. 312.922.STAR (312.922.7827) Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Ave.312.443.3600 Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 S. Pulaski Rd. 773.582.6500 Bronzeville Children s Museum 9301 S. Stony Island Ave. 773.721.9301 Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial 2831 W. Lawrence Ave. 773.878.7090 Chicago Children s Museum 700 E. Grand Ave 312.527.1000 Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St. 312.642.4600 Clarke House Museum 1827 S. Indiana Ave 312.326.1480 DuSable Museum of African American History 740 E. 56th Pl. 773-947-0600 Edgewater Historical Society and Museum 5358 N. Ashland Ave. 773.506.4849 Free Admission Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Money Museum 230 S. LaSalle St. 312.322.2400 Free Admission Field Museum of Natural History 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive 312-992-9410 Glessner House Museum 1800 S. Prairie Ave. 312.326.1480 Gray Children s Center at Spertus Museum 610 S. Michigan Ave. 312.322.1773 Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center 801 W. Adams 312.655.1234 Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S. Halsted 312.413.5353 Free Admission Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) 820 North Michigan Avenue 312-915-7600 McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse Chicago River Museum 376 N. Michigan Ave. 312.977.0227 Museum of Broadcast Communications 676 North LaSalle St., Suite 424 312.245.8200 Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E. Chicago Ave 312.397.4010 Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 S Michigan Ave 312.663.5554 Free Admission Museum of Science and Industry 57th St Lake Shore Drive 773.684.1414 National Museum of Mexican Art 1852 W. 19th St. 312.738.1503 Free Admission Oriental Institute Museum 1155 E. 58th St 773. 702. 9514 Free Admission Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr 773.755.5100 Polish Museum of America 984 N. Milwaukee Ave.773.384.3352 Richard H. Driehaus Museum 50 E. Erie St.312.932.8665 Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Museum 7344 N. Western Ave. 773.764.4079 Free Admission Shedd Aquarium 1200 S. Lake Shore Dr 312.939.2438 Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave 773.702.0200Free Admission Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows 600 E. Grand Ave.312.595.7437Free Admission Spertus Museum and Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies 610 S. Michigan Ave 312.322.1793Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street773.728.8111, ext. 22 Ukrainian National Museum 2249 W. Superior St. 312.421.8020EDITAdded Museum of Broadcast CommunicationsAlso removed The from the museum names and re-sorted the list alphabetically..