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Hyde Park Attractions
163
48th St.
48th St.
DuSable Museum of
African-American History 2
Museum of Science and Industry 5
Oriental Institute Museum 4
Robie House 3
The Smart Museum of Art 1
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3 mi
94
90
41
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3 km
Wrigley
Wrigley
Field
Field
Wrigley
Field
49th St.
49th St.
KENWOOD
KENWOOD
PARK
KENWOOD
PARK
PARK
50th St.
50th St.
C H I C A G O
CHICAGO
THE
LOOP
E. Hyde Park Blvd.
E. Hyde Park Blvd.
290
52nd St.
52nd St.
U.S. Cellular Field
U.S. Cellular Field
U.S. Cellular Field
94
53rd St.
Station
53rd St.
Station
41
55
53rd St.
53rd St.
90
Midway
Map area
54th St.
54th St.
55th St.
55th St.
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6
55th/50th/57th
St. Station
55th/50th/57th
St. Station
56th St.
56th St.
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U N I V E R S I T Y
O F
C H I C A G O
UNIVERSITY
OF
CHICAGO
Museum of
Science & Industry
57th St.
57th St.
5
3
58th St.
58th St.
4
J A C K S O N
JACKSON
JACKSON
59th St.
Station
59th St.
Station
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1/4 mi
59th St.
59th St.
P A R K
PARK
PARK
Midway Plaisance
Midway Plaisance
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0.25 km
“virtual” journey aboar d a slav e ship to the Americas. N ative Chicagoans will quickly
name two mor e signature highlights: the taxidermied bodies of Bushman (a legendar y
lowland gorilla who made international headlines while at the city 's Lincoln Park Zoo)
and the Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo. (The pair of male lions munched nearly 140 B rit-
ish railway wor kers constructing a bridge in East Africa in 1898; their stor y is featured
in the film The Ghost and the Darkness. )
The museum's newest permanent exhibit, the Crown Family Playlab (located directly
inside the museum's East entrance) is aimed at kids and enhances the museum experience
even for the littlest ones. I nside is a w ell-stocked ar t room complete with kiln, wher e
museum employees are on hand to encourage budding ar tists. My suggestion is to visit
the Playlab last: First, the kids will likely be itching to get hands-on by then, and second,
you'll have a har d time tearing them away fr om the P laylab to visit any other exhibits.
Plus, in the Playlab, the kids can act out (in a positive way!) what they've seen in the rest
of the museum, b y dressing up like woodland animals, digging for dinosaur bones, or
picking ears of corn in a P ueblo.
The museum hosts special traveling exhibits, as well as numerous lectures, book signings,
multiethnic musical and dance performances, stor ytelling events, and family activ ity days
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