A plan to overhaul the front entrance to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry gained approval on Thursday. The museum, ...

Chicago’s new American Writers Museum has given the nation a fitting centre to celebrate the influence of its literature, and with Hemingway’s birthplace also in town, the city makes for a great ...

As of Monday, January 18, Chicago has officially moved back to Tier 2 of the Illinois Resurgence Mitigation Plan as part of a change in the metrics that the Illinois Department of Public Health has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A couple walks through Chicago's Field Museum. Lucy Hewett/The Field Museum From its 26 miles of scenic lakefront shoreline to its ...

There’s a reason the Pokémon Fossil Museum Special Exhibit has been selling out at Chicago’s Field Museum since it debuted on May 22.

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Chicago's proof-of-vaccination mandate last week, the order only applied to indoor dining and fitness venues, as well as entertainment and recreation venues where ...

When 89-year-old Alfonso Quiroz saw his old workman’s lunchbox on display at the Chicago History Museum’s new “Aquí en Chicago” exhibit, he remembered his go-to lunch from more than a half-century ago ...

Lucas plans to fill the museum with film memorabilia and his prized art collection Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas' plans to build a $400m (£262m) museum along the shores of Chicago's Lake Michigan ...

Chicago is a museum lover's dream and this weekend you have a unique chance to explore the city's famous institutions as part of the first-ever museum member swap. If you are a member of the American ...

With a new summer month comes a new opportunity to visit some of Chicago’s popular museums, especially on their free days. Many museums have free days for Illinois residents once a week, while others ...

The WNDR Museum is closing after eight years in Chicago.

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