Chicago Children's Museum
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Chicago Children's Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Flyover, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1982 by The Junior League of Chicago who were responding to programming cutbacks in the Chicago Public Schools. Originally housed in two hallways of the Chicago Public Library, it soon began to offer trunk shows and traveling exhibits in response to capacity crowds on-site. The museum moved a number of times over its initial years of existence while it continued to search for a permanent home. In 1995, the Museum thought it found that home when it reopened as an anchor tenant at Navy Pier on Lake Michigan. The new facility offered 57,000 square feet (5,300 m2) of exhibition space and included three floors of educational exhibits, public programs and special events. Upon the move to the Pier, the expansion made it the fourth largest children's museum in the United States. The museum serves more than 650,000 people, both at its Navy Pier location and in communities in and around Chicago, each year.
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Dates from 1982.
Wikidata Q2963300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flyover: 0.0 mi
- Pier Park Mini-Golf: 0.1 mi
- Carousel: 0.1 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.1 mi
- Tea Cups: 0.1 mi
- Crack The Whip: 0.1 mi
- Captain on the Helm: 0.1 mi
- William Shakespeare: 0.2 mi
- Allium: 0.4 mi
- George Wellington "Cap'n" Streeter: 0.4 mi
- Polk Bros Park: 0.1 mi
- Jane Addams Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Milton Lee Olive Park: 0.2 mi
- Bennett Park: 0.4 mi
- Cascade Park: 0.5 mi
- PFC Milton Lee Olive III: 0.2 mi
- Adé H: 0.2 mi
- Monument of the Millenium: 0.3 mi
- USS Illinois Bell: 0.4 mi
- U.S. Navy Submarine Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Limestone Glade: 0.4 mi
- Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 0.7 mi
- Dark Plate: 0.9 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.9 mi
- Light Plate: 0.9 mi
- Dreihaus Gallery of Stained Glass: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.7 mi
- Chicago Architecture Center: 0.8 mi
- Chicago Sports Museum: 0.8 mi
- McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.2 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 2.6 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 0.2 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.6 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 4.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
- Players Hill: 8.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.8 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.6 mi
- Tedens: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chicago Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 332° | 204 m | 10.4 mi |
| Players Hill | W 262° | 187 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 3 mi
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