Vote for the best children's museum once per day until polls close on February 27 at noon ET. The 10 winners will be ...

A membership to the Art Institute of Chicago starts at $115 per year, with benefits including free admission, access to special programs and museum hours, and parking discounts.

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

The ancestor of Vitoid grapes, which eventually led to the commercial grape varieties cultivated today, likely originated in ...

Get your prehistoric questions ready. “Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas” has arrived in the Tampa Bay area, ...

On January 3, the Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana welcomed a swell shark pup into the world under mysterious circumstances: It was born in a tank that housed only two sharks—and both were female. The ...

The Goodwill in Champaign is like the Disneyland of thrift stores – minus the overpriced churros and long lines for Space ...

With the calendar having switched over to February, families making plans for the month ahead can turn to Chicago-area ...

One of Chicago’s most beloved historians, Sherman “Dilla" Thomas, is joining the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's new exhibit on arachnids aims to shift the perception about spiders, and other creatures.

From mind-bending exhibits to out-of-this-world experiences, science museums ignite curiosity and inspire innovation. Check ...