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On October 3, 2019, the museum announced that it intended to change its name to the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, after a donation of $125 million from billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin. It is the largest single gift in the museum's history, [8] [9] effectively doubling its endowment. However, president and chief executive ...
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
Chicago area: Art: Museum of local history: Homepage: Lamon House: Danville: Vermilion: Central: Historic house: Operated by the Vermilion County Museum Society: Homepage: LaSalle County Museum: Utica: LaSalle: Northern Illinois: Open air: Includes local history museum with Native American and period displays, barn with agriculture equipment ...
The 92-story Trump Tower Chicago, Lakeshore East development, and the 300 North Lasalle office building are projects completed after 2000.Since the Great Recession, other projects, such as the planned 150-story 2000 foot Chicago Spire by architect Santiago Calatrava, have been canceled. [7]
The city's Museum Campus, holds: the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Shedd Aquarium. The Museum Campus accesses the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park. The Museum of Science and Industry is also a leading attraction.
Chicago’s financial forecast is clouded by a $982.4 million budget deficit, and Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike has stirred up a storm of discontent with council ...
The Great Train Story is a 3,500-square-foot (330 m 2) HO scale model railroad display located in the Transportation Zone of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. It explains the story of modern-day rail transportation in a 2,206-mile (3,550 km) journey from Seattle, Washington, through several plains states en route to Chicago, Illinois.
Each of the museum's exhibitions represent a certain aspect of industrial history in Pennsylvania and the nation. [2] The museum is the first affiliate museum of the Smithsonian Institution. [2] The museum was proposed in the 1990s, but was sidelined due to legal issues, which prevented clearance for opening until 2015.