Tourist Attractions & Monuments Chicago

One of the latest free zoos in the United States and one of the oldest, Lincoln Park Zoo hosts the most diverse animals. Nestled between Lincoln Park and Lake Shore Drive, in a green ocean, away from noise, it attracts crowds, which come to admire hundreds of animals grouped by category in several pavilions. White bears can be observed in their basin through a glass pane; or admire the extravagant colours of the. Walking through the big aisles while giving to the hundreds of squirrels who climb from everywhere, it is not uncommon to hear the roar of the tigers or lions bathed in the sun. Seals and penguins strive to look for freshness in their pond, while antelopes and zebras shelter in the corners of their enclosure. The most recent attraction of the zoo is the Regenstein Center for African Epas, where there are impressive chimpanzees and gorillas. This zoo is also a research and study centre on great apes for students from Chicago universities and researchers, as part of the wildlife protection programs.

At the heart of the zoo, a farm as found in the grasslands of Wisconsin has been installed. Children can reach the animals or participate in the milking of cows.

Don't miss Nature Boardwalk, south of the park, a planted promenade with superb views of the skyline of Chicago.

You can't miss it when you walk on Wacker Drive along the Chicago River.

It's the structure in the form of flying saucer, white and quite flat, which draws on the dark and straight shapes of the second. This ultramodern church, built by Harry Weese in 1968, features special features: a large circular winter garden that turns the building inside the walls and an interior room in the chamber.

The Chicago Art Dealers Association (ADAC) offers a free visit to three or four galleries every Saturday morning. The group is at Starbuck's Café at 750 North Franklin at 11 a. M. for a 1-hour visit to River North. Other tours are organized in West Loop, on average every six weeks, to the website for more information. A good way to familiarize yourself with the galleries area and then return to it.

More than a century ago, students at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago who wanted to paint nudes opened Palette and Chisel, a gallery in the Gold Coast. Seen with a negative eye at the time, it is now the only art gallery in Chicago where experienced artists and students can use male and female models as models. Of course, you have to show a particular interest in the art of the nude, not everyone can enter the studio. If you are an artist, you too can test your talents at the Palette and Chisel.

In 1981, a collective of artists came together and created a travelling exhibition presenting the works of the "Nam" veterans, and this is how the museum was born. No chronology, no geopolitical details between these walls, but paintings, photographs, sculptures or performances, which focus on the impact of war on these soldiers. Today, the museum also houses works by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Arrange for boat, bus, and bicycle tours.

The Chicago Tourism Office is at the heart of this initiative. Three tours are available: "The History of Chicago Blues", "Millennium Park", Chicago for Kids". MP3s are not in French, but you can find them in English, Spanish, German, Japanese and Chinese.

Here are three guided audio towers around the Loop: Art Loop, Theatre Loop and Landmark Loop. Some sites are to be discovered for each turn. The tour by audioguide is about 35 minutes. Available only in English.

The tourist office also organizes visits to Millennium Park in the summer.

Chicago visits aboard a fire truck, ideal with children.