Steve Johnson

Field Museum's Luciana Brown, guides members at the east entrance of the museum, the only entrance for now, July 17, 2020.

On reopening day at Field Museum, members find new procedures and some very old friends

July 20, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

In its time on Earth, Sue has faced challenges: maintaining status as an apex predator; suffering the injuries paleontologists have diagnosed from its bones; getting layered over by sediment, fossilizing...

Sherrie Westin from Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee meets Tonton the Muppet, voiced by Deena Al Saleh, during the finalists' presentation for MacArthur Foundation's first 100&Change competition, in 2017.

MacArthur Foundation names $100 million competition finalists

May 22, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

Projects to fight mosquito-borne disease and to bring reporters to American "news deserts" are among the finalists in the MacArthur Foundation's new competition to give away $100 million. The Chicago...

The exterior of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is seen on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Museum of Science and Industry to reopen August 1 — with food on the front lawn and the front doors open again

July 16, 2020 at 9:53 a.m.

Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry will end its more than four-month coronavirus closure on Aug. 1, welcoming the public back with two weeks of free admission and some new...

A jogger runs in front of one of the lions wearing newly installed large Chicago flag at the Art Institute lion in Chicago on Thursday, April 30, 2020. COVID-19, coronavirus

The Chicago flag masks placed on the two Art Institute Lions and Daley Center Picasso were fabricated at Dimension Design in Glenview.
(Jose M. Osorio / baiduhai)

Art Institute to reopen July 30 — and will be free the first week

July 15, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

The Art Institute, Chicago's popular encyclopedic art museum, plans to begin its limited reopening beginning July 30, the institution announced Wednesday. Like the MCA, which announced its July 24 reopening...

The Kohl Children's Museum in Glenview, pictured during its closure in early July, will reopen to the public July 25.

With a ‘baby step,’ Kohl Children’s Museum reopens — outdoors — next week

July 14, 2020 at 3:48 p.m.

Dipping its toes into the reopening pool, the Kohl Children's Museum next week will welcome back small groups of children, and only on the outdoor part of the Glenview institution's...

Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago at the MCA, Friday, Mar. 6, 2020. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

MCA sets re-opening for July 24 with new hours and entrance — and no admission charge

July 13, 2020 at 1:47 p.m.

When COVID-19 forced its closure in mid-March, the Museum of Contemporary Art had just opened the compelling exhibition, "Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago." Now Chicago will get a chance to see...

Hand sanitizer dispensers are available near Cloud Gate on June 15, 2020, as Millennium Park reopens.

‘I’ve been waiting for this day’: Chicago area revels in movies, gyms, indoor dining and other pleasures as phase four begins

June 26, 2020 at 8:22 p.m.

After more than three dormant months, Fox Bowl in Wheaton came alive Friday. A half-dozen bowlers lined up outside the alley before its doors opened at 9 a.m., eager to...

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