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Field Trips

Adler Planetarium offers a wide range of programming, from Mission Moon, where you can learn about how the US became the first nation to put a man on the moon, to The Universe: A Trip Through Space and Time.

The American Farm Heritage Museum exhibits portray everyday life in Illinois as it was over 100 years ago. View the American Heritage Railroad working train, a reconstruction of Hills Fort, the Lil’ Red Barn, and the Armed Forces Museum.

The Bronzeville Children’s Museum is the first and only African American children’s museum in the country. The museum is named after Bronzeville, where African Americans settled in Chicago after coming from the south.

Looking, touching and making are essential for learners of all ages. Chicago Architecture Foundation field trips include tours and hands-on workshops that will engage students with the built environment and their role in it.

Chicago Children’s Museum is a place where young children are encouraged to create, explore, and discover together through play. The museum has 3 floors of exhibits in science, nature, art, construction, and more.

The Chicago History Museum enable visitors to interact with artifacts, documents, works of art, learning stations, and more.  See, hear, experience, and even touch history to develop an understanding of the past and how it informs our present.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater introduces students to Shakespeare through their stages and on tour in your schools. For middle and high school teachers, their work supports and enriches classrooms across Chicagoland and the Midwest.

Children’s Museum of Illinois is a hands-on, interactive museum for children ages three to twelve. Educational programs are offered to schools, scout, homeschool, and youth groups in reading literacy, humanities, arts, and sciences.

The DuSable Museum of African American History is dedicated to the Collection, Documentation, Preservation, Study and Dissemination of the History and Culture of Africans and Americans of African Descent.

The Field Museum is an exciting place to explore and learn—with a collection that represent over 4 billion years of natural history, helping visitors understand the origin and evolution of our planet, its life and cultures.

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and her colleagues whose work changed the lives of their immigrant neighbors.

Step back in time to experience life on a working farm in the 1890s at Kline Creek Farm at Timber Ridge Forest Preserve. Stroll through restored farmstead structures and meet the historically costumed interpreters.