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The windy city is a cornucopia of modern art, fine dining, cutting edge comedy, and die-hard sports fans. Snap a photo of your reflection in the silver Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park before heading to Grant Park to get hit with the refreshing spray of Buckingham Fountain. There are dozens of museums and theater companies in Chicago, so a cultural experience is never hard to find. You’re sure to laugh your head off at the Second City Theater, the professional launch pad of many famous comedians.
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1. Oriental Institute Museum
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4.5 based on 552 reviews
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is a leading research center for the ancient Middle East. The museum houses some 350,000 artifacts—around 5,000 of which are on display—excavated mainly by OI archaeologists. Founded in 1919, at a time when the Middle East was called the Orient, the OI has pioneered innovative excavations and comprehensive dictionary projects that chronicle ancient civilizations. The Oriental Institute Museum aims to understand, reveal, and protect ancient Middle Eastern civilizations.
Reviewed By 515rauld - Chicago, United States
An Oasis you can explore Hyde Park and Univ. Of Chicago close to downtown by Bus and yet a different world.
2. Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
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4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
In keeping with one of our promises of what to do during our retirement years, to learn about other cultures, my wife and I spent a day touring Chicago's Chinatown community. One of our stops was at the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago, which seeks to commemorate and interpret the experiences of Chinese immigrants to Chicago and the American Midwest. Located at 238 West 23rd Street, the museum opened in 2005, sustained a devastating fire in 2008, then reopened in 2010. It tells the history of the first Chinese who arrived in Chicago in 1869 after escaping the anti-Chinese violence that had broken out on the West Coast, then helping to build the first Transcontinental Railroad. It tells how they established Chinese laundries and chop suey restaurants to earn a living and how "New Chinatown" was officially proclaimed in 1912 in the area of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue, where the famous Chinatown Gate can be seen today. See exhibits about how 12,000 Chinese workers constructed the first transcontinental railway and how they immigrated to the Midwest. Also view a 16-minute video that details the stories of the people of Chinatown, their journeys, their customs, their work, their families. One feature not to miss: a documentary screening of Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story, which highlights the life of 100-year-old Dorothy Toy Fong, a legendary dance figure who teamed with Paul Wing during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s to become the most famous Asian American dance duo in this country's history, pioneers who performed on Broadway and in Hollywood films.
3. Stony Island Arts Bank
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4.0 based on 4 reviews
4. Johnny Twist Blues Museum
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
