Check out the best museums in Chicago

Traveling in Chicago is always a pleasure, whether it’s a short trip through the Windy City on business or a longer planned leisure getaway for the whole family. With so many attractions just around the corner from the hotel, visitors will be spoiled for choice.

One of the most neglected aspects of this city is the quality of its museums and institutes; exhibits sit in store waiting to be discovered by curious travelers.

Follow this trail of museums as you travel through Chicago and prepare to be amazed by the diversity of its content and the details that provide a fascinating journey through time.

history Museum

As diverse as one could wish are the exhibits that are at the heart of this museum. More than 20 million artifacts have been amassed since the mid-19th century and reflect the rich vein of city life, from paintings to costumes.

The Field Museum of Natural History

While traveling in Chicago, tourists will no doubt head to the Natural History Museum, as it houses the world’s best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex exhibit as part of its dinosaur collection. Home to more than 20 million exhibits, the museum features some of the most innovative collections from science to culture.

The Art Institute

Located in Grant Park, the institute offers the best in iconic art with more than 300,000 works, including Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. Visitors will be able to see art from around the world, as well as African-American art and paintings by local artists.

National Museum of Mexican Art

Those traveling to Chicago may be surprised to find this museum, which allows visitors to immerse themselves in Mexican culture through the rich artistic expressions of a host of specialists from both sides of the border with the United States.

DuSable Museum of African American History

Among one of the city’s best interpretive museums focusing on African-American history in the US, visitors will be able to gain a unique perspective through the collections of a particular art teacher and historian at this outstanding institute.

With more than 15,000 works, ranging from sculptures to historical artifacts, the museum offers new and innovative exhibits from artists on key events in history. The museum takes its name from Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Haitian of African and French descent, who established the permanent trading post in the late 18th century that would later become known as Chicago.

The Shedd Aquarium

While traveling in Chicago, tourists should take the opportunity to spend a few hours at The Shedd where they will be amazed by the rich live exhibits on display. Visitors can wander the “depths” and discover the reef habitats of the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. There is a fascinating and critical ecological balance achieved in the Amazon exhibit, with a host of fascinating and colorful animals. Similarly, the Abbott Oceanarium is a fascinating look at the ecosystem vital to the existence of beluga whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins.