Chicago has some world-famous museums and some lesser known museums. This video showcases our 10 favorite museums in Chicago with tons of information on what you will see if you want to visit the Chicago museums.
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:
Mind your Time by Me.So https://soundcloud.com/me_so Creative Commons —
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Track: Alex Skrindo & Miza – Thinkin’ [NCS Release]
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2. Chicago Shedd Aquarium:
Omission by Huma Huma
3. Chicago Museum of Science and Industry:
Groove It by ZAYFALL https://soundcloud.com/zayfallmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
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4. Chicago Field Museum:
Night by Ikson https://soundcloud.com/ikson
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5. University of Chicago Oriental Institute:
Bumba Crossing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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6. Chicago National Museum of Mexican Art:
Llena de Plena by Jimmy Fontanez
Media Right Productions
7. Wrightwood 659:
Sao Meo Orchestral Mix by Doug Maxwell and Zac Zinger
8. Chicago Architecture Center:
Still Back by ZAYFALL https://soundcloud.com/zayfallmusic
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9. Chicago Money Museum:
Track: Futuristik – Forgive Me [NCS Release]
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10. Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art:
Track: NIVIRO – Flashes [NCS Release]
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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
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