Elementary School District 159

Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60605
(312) 922-STAR
www.adlerplanetarium.org

 

Brookfield Zoo
3300 Golf Road
Brookfield, IL  60513
For reservations or to order curriculum units contact (708) 485-0263, ext.  367

 

Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University
1 University Parkway
University Park, IL  60466-0925
(708) 235-2222

 

Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College
2000 N. 5th Avenue
River Grove, IL  60171
(708) 456-0300 ext. 3372

 

Chicago Architecture Center  
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL  60604
(312) 922-3432

 

Chicago Botanic Gardens
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
(847) 835-5440

 

Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier
700 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL  60611-3428
(312) 527-1000

 

Chicago History Museum
1601 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60614-6038
(312) 642-4600

 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL  60604

• Very Special Promenades for K-3 and special needs students of all ages
• Youth Concerts, Grades 4-8

 

Chicago Wilderness Consortium

For education programs contact (847) 242-6424

DuSable Museum of African American History
740 East 56th Place
Chicago, IL  60637
(773) 947-0600

 

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lederman Science Center
P. O. Box 500, MS 226
Batavia, IL  60510-0500
Phone:  (630) 840-3092
Fax:(630) 840-8248
Susan Dahl, Education Specialist

• Tours are for high school age or older.

 

The Field Museum
Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive 
Chicago, IL  60605-2496
(312) 922-9410

Harris Educational Loan Program
Phone:  (312) 665-7555
Fax:  (312) 665-7522

 

Freedom Hall Nathan Manilow Theater
410 Lakewood Blvd.
Park Forest, IL  60466
(708) 747-0580

• Children’s Theatre Series and school group rates available.

 

Graue Mill and Museum
3800 S. York Road
Oak Brook, IL  60523
(630) 655-2090

 

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
377 Artists Walk
Park Forest, IL  60466
(708) 481-7774

• IPO Kids site lists children’s concert schedule.

International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60610
For information of educational tours
Contact (312) 642-6502

 

Irons Oaks Environmental Education Services
2453 W. Vollmer Road
Olympia Fields, IL  60461
(708) 481-2330

 

Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60614
(312) 742-2000

 

 

Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
(312) 332-2244

 

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
1852 West 19th Street
Chicago, IL  60608
(312) 738-1503

 

Museum of Holography
(Holography is the ability to produce 3-dimensional representations down to molecular exactness, exploring the relationship between art and science.)
1134 W. Washington Blvd. at May Street
Chicago, IL  60607
(312) 226-1007

 

Museum of Science and Industry
57th St. and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60637
Education Programs
(773) 684-9844, ext. 2242

 

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N. Cannon Drive
Chicago, IL  60614
(773) 755-5100

 

Oriental Institute Museum
1155 E. 58th Street
Chicago, IL  60637
(773) 702-9520

 

A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
10406 S. Maryland Ave.
Chicago, IL  60628
(773) 928-3935

 

Frederick C. Robie Home
5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL  60637
(708) 848-1976

 

The John G. Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60605
Phone:  (312) 692-3165
Fax:(312) 939-2195

 

SciTech Hands-on Museum
18 W. Benton Street
Aurora, IL  60506
(630) 859-3434

www.scitech.mus@il.us

 

Spertus Museum/Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
618 S. Michigan
Chicago, IL  60605
(312) 322-1700

 

Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education
200 W. Jackson, Suite 3000
Chicago, IL  60606
(312) 922-0440

• Scheduled school matinee performances throughout the school year