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Chicago Children's Museum
The Chicago Children's Museum offers three floors of unique, hands-on exhibits that are as big as a kid's imagination. Chicago Children's Museum also offers new exhibits and special performances.

Dinosaur Expedition Dig for adventure as you dig for dinosaur bones in an authentic excavation pit! Grab your gear and explore what the world was like 100 million years ago!
Dinosaur Discovery Meet Suchomimus, our brand-new 100 million year old dinosaur! Learn about how the world it lived in, and how scientists uncovered it in the Sahara.
Kraft Artabounds Studio And Gallery A fully-equipped art studio that's an active workplace for school groups and families. Artists-in-residence lend hands-on help. Next door: a kids' gallery. Click here for a list of current activities.
Face to Face: Dealing with Prejudice And Discrimination A multi-media exhibit that helps deal with these all-too-common problems. The focus is on empowering children to change attitudes - theirs and others. Featuring our new addition Race to Ubuntu.

"Race for Ubuntu" is a fun, fast-paced game where players race against a timer to get to the finish but in order for one person to win, everyone else must also reach the finish. The success of one player is tied to that of all the players, illustrating the need for people of all races to come together in unity.
Kids on the Fly Terminal 2 at O'Hare International Airport is the place to pilot a plane, fuel a jet, and set a propeller to twirling. Traveling families can enjoy this exhibit free of charge.
Info-Tech Arcade Get connected! Kids access information and share ideas through TV, computers and wireless technology.
Inventing Lab A rich variety of tools and materials help inspire young minds to create great inventions. The physics of sounds, aerodynamics, and mechanical problem-solving all are explored.
Kovler Family Climbing Schooner This fantasy version of a lake-faring vessel beckons kids to climb on board, clamber up the ropes and walk the deck. The boat climbs too - three stories high!
Playmaze For our youngest visitors. There's a bakery, gas station, car wash, big city bus and construction site - and not a "do-not-touch" sign in sight! Be a Smart Shopper!
Safe and Sound A real-life ambulance and our own mini-hospital make easing kids fears fun!
Treehouse Trails An enchanted forest if there ever was one! Our littler visitors find adventure in exploring - a nature park, climbing treehouse, animal homes, a cozy tent and a bubbling brook.
Under Construction Join a team or work alone. Real tools and a host of materials beget furniture, forts, and fun.
WaterWays Don one of our raincoats and splash and learn at the same time! A highly interactive, squirting, pumping and diverting physics playground that looks at the ways we use and control our water.
Ongoing Weekly Activities
Free Family Night
Every Thursday 5 - 8pm
All ages
Free Family Night is every Thursday from 5 - 8pm. Group visits are available for non-profit organizations. Please call 312-464-7676 for more information, or for workshop reservations.
New Free Family Night Offering in 2000: Kids of All Colors
Every Thursday evening, 5:30 - 7:30pm, in Pritzker Playspace
Enjoy drop-in activities that incorporate best practices in multicultural and anti-bias education for young children and their families. All are welcome!
Can you dig it?
Wednesdays & Saturdays at 11am in Dinosaur Discovery
How do paleontologists know where to dig and what tools to use? Find out when you piece bones together in our sculpting lab.
Weather Wizard
Thursdays at 11am, Sundays at 2pm
Learn how air pressure affects in the forecast. Make a simple barometer and announce the weather in our InfoTech Arcade TV Studio.
Cool Tools
Tuesday, Fridays and Sundays at 11am
How do you pick the right tools to do the job? Try out screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers and more with our Under Construction Specialist.
Water Magic
Wednesdays & Saturdays at 3pm
Learn about the properties of water Ñ and how to be a water magician!
Toddler Tuesday
Tuesdays from 10:15 - Noon, Pritzker Playspace
Create your own prehistoric world with sand, mud, and toy dinosaurs.
Ages 1-2 years.
Kids Create!
Thursdays from 10 - 11:30am, Kraft Artabounds Studio
Friday from 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Pritzker Playspace
Pretend you're an archaeologist as you uncover treasures in the sand. Compare your feet to dinosaur footprints, and even preserve your own footprint in mud.
Ages 2 to 5 years.
Wacky Wednesday
Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm
Fridays from 10:15am to 12 noon, Pritzker Playspace
Make canals in sand; and discover natural treasures like fossils and dinosaur eggs as waters erodes the sand.
Ages 2 to 5 years.
You and Me Stories
Wednesdays at 10:30 and 11am, Great Hall
Read stories with us!


Visit the Chicago Children's Museum (www.chichildrensmuseum.org) today!