Museum Campus

On the lakefront just south of the Loop are three of the world’s finest museums: the Field Museum of Natural History, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium, in an area known as the Museum Campus. With enough hands-on activities and exhibitions for a week’s worth of discovery, the Museum Campus is an opportunity for visitors of all ages to explore the natural world up-close. Highlights include ‘Sue’, the world’s largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found, at the Field Museum; face-to-face encounters with sharks and other awesome creatures of the deep at the Shedd Aquarium; and a popular Sky Show and other interactive exhibits that bring outer space close enough to touch at the Adler Planetarium.

The Museum Campus is also home to another famous tenant, Soldier Field, the iconic home of the Chicago Bears football team, and the oldest active stadium in the National Football League. Soldier Field also happens to be an award-winning green roof, with all 9 acres of the stadium and its landscaped surroundings built atop more than 2,500 parking spaces in an underground garage.