Field Trip Resources
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 60604-3000
(312) 294-3000
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
Completed March 2007
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
www.lyricopera.org/education/kids.asp
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
www.oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/OI_Museum.html
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
www.wrightplus.org/robiehouse/robiehouse.html
The John G. Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312) 692-3165
Fax: (312) 939-2195
Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) website:
www.sheddaquarium.org/sea (lesson plans, fact sheets and interactives)
SciTech Hands-on Museum
18 W. Benton Street
Aurora, IL 60506
(630) 859-3434
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