The Chicago's Children Museum is a not-for-profit institution built to help kids play, learn, explore and connect to the community around us. The musuem was founded in 1982 by a coalition led by The Junior League of Chicago in order to offer kids programs that were being cut from public schools. The museum includes exhibits where kids can climb through trees, run a fire truck, run a market and live in nature. The museum has been in it's current location at Navy Pier since 1995.

Permanent Exhibits

The Allstate Foundation Presents Play It Safe - Kids can become a real fire person by completing the command center, exiting the "Get Low and Go" bedroom, run a firetruck and learn about fire safety.

Kraft Artabounds Studio & Gallery - Families can create collaborative art and showcase it in the musuem's walk-through gallery.

BIG Backyard - Explore nature by traipsing through the museum's BIG Backyard. The exhibit includes giant toadstools and flowers, enormous flowers and logs to climb in and on and blue-screen technology that allows kids to play in the rain.

Dinosaur Expedition - This exhibit recreates the 1997 Sahara exhibition that uncovered Suchomimus, a never before found species. Kids can uncover the bones in the sand and sift through sediment to find clues to more species.

Inventing Lab - Lear about inventions of the past and view inventions by Chicago students. Take part in the Alarm Clock Challenge to wake the sleeping bear and create your own flying machine.

Kids Town - Come work and play in this town compeltely run by kids! Kids take charge of the market, the CTA system and the post office.

Treehouse Trails - Explore nature in this forest setting. Camp out and fish in the pretend blue pong, canoe down the faux river and build your own tree house. This exhibit even has a section for infants where they can crawl through logs and swim in Baby Pond.

WaterWays - Splash and play among the system of pulleys and pumps. Take part in a boat race and explore how water systems work through the Giant Water Wheel. Change the flow of rivers and make music on the musical water whale. Prepare to get wet!