Step into the exciting world of the beloved superhero.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Ride down the elevator and along the rails to learn about coal mining technology.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Your friendly neighborhood Museum is open later on these summer Sundays!

A powerful, immersive look inside the ocean plastic crisis.

Free Timed-Entry Exhibit

An interactive walk through a piece of history that you'll never forget.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Experience the real U-505, the only German submarine in the United States.

Included in Museum Entry

See the fascinating truth hiding inside incredible artifacts.

Included in Museum Entry

Exciting innovations from engineers working to meet our changing world.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Uncover captivating mysteries of the cosmos through stunning visuals and pivotal discoveries.

Not included in Museum Entry

Experience and even control the flights of aircraft from throughout history.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

From the Space Race to SpaceX, discover the history and future of space exploration.

Included in Museum Entry

Step aboard one of America’s first diesel-electric streamlined passenger trains.

Included in Museum Entry

Feel the physics and consider the chemistry of natural phenomena like tornados and avalanches.

Included in Museum Entry

Experience one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Explore the science and stories behind one of the world’s most essential and versatile materials.

Included in Museum Entry

Explore modern aviation in a real 727 restored to its original 1960s look.

Included in Museum Entry

Join conservationists as they safeguard the future of green sea turtles.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Take an extended, private group tour of the U-505 submarine and exhibit before the Museum opens.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Be transported into space or the sea with state-of-the-art motion-based virtual reality.

Ticket purchases are required for entry.

Examine the experience of life itself and the connection between mind, body and spirit.

Included in Museum Entry

Experience the enchantment of a fairy’s dream home in Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle.

Included in Museum Entry

Go to extremes with a photographer chasing our diminishing glaciers.

Included in Museum Entry

Single- and multi-day camps to engage your youth in science, making, and our exciting Museum!

Discover the mathematical patterns that abound in the natural world.

Free Timed-Entry Exhibit

Follow the story of man's quest to travel the seas with the Museum’s collection of model ships.

Included in Museum Entry

Travel from Chicago to Seattle in intricate detail on this massive model railroad.

Included in Museum Entry

Explore how humankind has flown, soared, sped and chugged throughout the years.

Included in Museum Entry

An insightful look into the structure of the eye.

Included in Museum Entry

Step into a modern farm and explore the innovations that bring food to your table.

Included in Museum Entry

See the art and function of rarely displayed historic bikes alongside new cutting-edge bicycles.

Included in Museum Entry

Get an up-close and near “real-time” view of our planet Earth.

Included in Museum Entry

Solve your way through a one-of-a-kind escape game experience.

Event - Ticket Required

See the world’s largest pinball machine right before your eyes.

Included in Museum Entry

Young children can splash, stack and spin their way to testing scientific principles.

Free Timed-Entry Exhibit

Investigate the reflection and focus of sound by sending the tiniest whisper across the room.

Included in Museum Entry

Journey back in time and experience America in the early 1900s.

Included in Museum Entry

Events providing sensory-friendly time in our exhibits.

Includes Museum Entry