Chicago - Chicago Children's Museum

The Chicago Children's Museum houses eleven permanent interactive exhibits that focus on the arts, science and humanities. The exhibits are geared toward children through grade five and their families. Examples include:

Inventing Lab-a place where young inventors can use the museum's tools to learn about physics, mechanics and more.

Dinosaur Expedition-an interactive introduction to archeology and paleontology.

It showcases the newly acquired Suchomimus skeleton, a 100 million year-old dinosaur found in the Sahara Desert.

Playmaze-a miniature city designed for toddlers and pre-schoolers. It features a car wash, bakery, and gas station.

The mission of the museum is "to activate the intellectual and creative potential of children by being a catalyst for the process of learning." Founded in 1982, the CCM moved around between a number of temporary locations before settling in at the newly redeveloped Navy Pier. It hosts a regular series of special events and sponsors a number of educational and public programs throughout the year.