Welcome to Pop Night (Hanover Park's Version), where we’ll be living our best lives through music! Get ready to embrace the nostalgia of your favorite pop hits and celebrate the moments that make life sweet. Join us as we post empowering affirmations on the “...Baby One More Time” Locker. Feeling a little "deja vu"? Create...
Chicago Children’s Museum’s Play for All initiative creates a community where play and learning connect for visitors of all abilities. Play for All invites children and families with disabilities and Chicago Children’s Museum members to come and experience CCM’s inclusive, multisensory exhibits and programs. The first 250 children and families with disabilities who register will...
Tiny Great Performances™ bring professional and community performers to the Museum to promote a life-long love of the arts in children and their families. Performances feature a variety of subjects including dance, music, storytelling, theatre, and more. Tiny Great Performances are designed to be an integration of play and performance. Guests are welcome to stop,...
Watch out as you explore the Conservatory – you may run into a Budding Botanists! on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am to 3:00pm, Nature Educators will provide activities for kids of all ages at our Budding Botanists station. These programs are drop in and no preregistration is required. You can stop by and interact with...
Join nature educators to explore Play & Grow Garden, play and build with natural materials, and learn how to use tools safely! We will also be staying warm with our toasty bonfire, making s’mores, and drinking hot chocolate (vegan and gluten free options available upon request). Activities will include: Fort Building Fairy Furniture Whammy Doodles...
Watch out as you explore the Conservatory – you may run into a Budding Botanists! on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am to 3:00pm, Nature Educators will provide activities for kids of all ages at our Budding Botanists station. These programs are drop in and no preregistration is required. You can stop by and interact with...
We’re excited to start 2025 with Free Winter Weekdays, January 6–March 14, 2025, offering Illinois residents free admission every Monday, Thursday, and Friday—all day long. Beginning March 5, 2025, we will also be open on Wednesdays, which means that Wednesdays, March 5, and March 12, will also be part of our 2025 Free Winter Weekdays....
Illinois residents receive free admission on Tuesdays. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Museum Free Days.
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