Top 10 best museums in Chicago [Art Institute, Field Museum, Science & Industry, Shedd Aquarium]
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Published 2019-04-03
There are many Chicago museums: art museums, natural history museums, modern art museums, architectural museums, etc. Some of the Chicago museums are free museums. Some Chicago museums are free museums on certain dates for Illinois residents.
Museums are a great thing to do in Chicago when it rains or a great thing to do in Chicago when it snows or a great thing to do in Chicago when it is cold. Visiting museums in Chicago in the winter is a great winter activity. Visiting museums in Chicago when it rains is a great rainy day activity.
Some of the museums in Chicago are clustered around the Museum Campus, but other Chicago museums are scattered around the city. The Chicago Art Institute is right downtown, so is the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) or the Chicago Money Museum. The Chicago Architectural Center (CAC) is right on the Chicago River.
Music credits:
1. Chicago Art Institute:
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2. Chicago Shedd Aquarium:
Omission by Huma Huma
3. Chicago Museum of Science and Industry:
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4. Chicago Field Museum:
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5. University of Chicago Oriental Institute:
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6. Chicago National Museum of Mexican Art:
Llena de Plena by Jimmy Fontanez
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7. Wrightwood 659:
Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell and Zac Zinger
8. Chicago Architecture Center:
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9. Chicago Money Museum:
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10. Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art:
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0:00 Introduction
0:34 Chicago Art Institute
2:37 Shedd Aquarium
4:16 Museum of Science + Industry
5:58 Field Museum
7:29 Oriental Institute
8:33 Museum of Mexican Art
9:20 Wrightwood 659
10:40 Chicago Architecture Center
11:44 Money Museum
12:30 Museum of Contemporary Art
All Comments (21)
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The fact that they have more than 10 museums to choose from says a lot about the city! So much to offer and so many cool different artistic and cultural things to experience. I have always wanted to go to the history museum where they have the lions from that movie!
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I love the Sheed Aquarium and Field Museum. These two museums were a part of my childhood, I would go there for field trips or just to go. This is what I love most about Chicago
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Adler Planetarium was one of my favorites as a kid too
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Chicago, città sorprendente, una collezione fantastica di arte moderna completa, sono veramente stupita e ammirata.
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The museum of science and industry is my favorite. I have been there twice
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Vale la pena di visitare questa sorprendente città, da ogni punto di vista.
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According to Trip Adviser, The Chicago Art Institute is only museum in the the world to be top ranked 4 years in a row. I was there last year and was awe struck by the beauty of the place, both old and new. Every exhibit room that we made it into was done perfectly. We are looking forward to make the trip again, but plan on spending 3 days there to take in everything.
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Intersting museums and a great video. A must see for Chicago visitors :-)
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Beautiful tour...Nice job...Happy New Week
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Yes Chicago!!! And We’ve been to all the museums! except the Aquarium.... But maybe over the summer. Great vid 👍
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Fantastic editing! Well done! Given 10 were necessary, agree w your MCA assessment.
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thank you for taking the time to make this wonderful video. I'm currently planning a trip to Chicago and it was really helpful. I'm from Montreal and totally appreciate how much arts and culture can affect a city. I'm so glad I have a better idea about your museums. Definitely have a better idea which ones I want to visit. THANK YOU!!
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thank yall
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Thanks for sharing!!! 🤴🏻🤴🏻
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this video helped so much thank you
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What a great tour of Chicago! c/t
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We live close to Chicago. We've actually never done the art institute. Apparently I'm missing some really cool Degas and Van Gogh paintings. We're still big fans of the Field Museum. You guys really did a good job getting a ton of information into this one. Your knowledge of architecture is fantastic. LOVE the BNL reference near the end! That's a classic song!
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I have been in Chicago and visited few museums there - those are really great !!
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Love visiting new museums! :)
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Ohh wow, thanks for the upload and the ART! Such an awesome video, and you guys are cute as hell!
