Washington Park, Chicago

DuSable Museum of African-American History

Chicago's museum of African-American history is named after the first settler of Chicago, a Haitian named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

Court Theatre

Excellent dramatic theater on the University campus

Harold Washington Cultural Center

This major Bronzeville landmark is a performance venue showing movies, live jazz, blues, and more

Smart Museum of Art

The Smart museum is small, but has an excellent collection, thoughtfully exhibited

Nuclear Energy Statue

This Henry Moore statue marks the area where Enrico Fermi and his team of scientists successfully produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction

Regenstein Library

If you are not a student and are not on a tour, you can't enter the gigantic collection of over 4

University of Chicago Main Campus

One of the world's great universities, the University of Chicago's Gothic campus exudes academic rigor and intellectual intensity, known to students as 'the place where fun comes to die

The Renaissance Society

A small gallery of avant-garde painting, which will appeal greatly to aficionados, less so to casual visitors

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

This stunning new building brings professional, student, and community performing arts activities, creative arts studios, digital media production and gallery space under a single roof

Drexel Fountain

This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Square Park is the oldest in Chicago - one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area

Washington Park, Chicago