While the Elgin Public Museum was closed in January, employees put together 20 new exhibits that are now ready to be viewed.

As digital tools continue to improve, the challenge will be to keep virtual projects as thoughtfully curated as the best ...

Discover the quirky Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, where nostalgia meets creativity, and every sock tells a story. Come ...

The architect Bruce Goff built a mind-blowing array of eccentric, occasionally campy buildings, which are featured in a ...

Measuring might feel like math in the classroom, but at the Tellus Science Museum, it looks a lot more like playtime.

Adam Sherwinski talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Explore the Museum of Science and Industry, where innovation, history, and hands-on ...

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As a former guest engagement employee at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, David Dowd was on the “front line.” Greeting customers and giving tours was fun, he said, but it was also ...

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Plus: The Ugly Hug and Post-Trash throw an indie-rock fest, Open Mike Eagle kicks off a residency at the National Museum of Public Housing, and more. Sanders says the property owner is retiring and ...

Styx's Tommy Shaw says he remembers getting “goose pimples” the first time he heard a Chicago record. “I couldn’t believe there was music that elaborate and soulful and it was still rock,” the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Christmas all around the world, and dozens of traditions can be seen right here in Chicago at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). Dubbed the “Christmas Around The World & ...