With millions of tourists and hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren attending museums each year, their exhibit content is no small matter. So it's promising to see signs of spring in the greening of our museums. Maybe the new Nature Museum, though it opens in the fall, will in fact accelerate the trend so that our cultural institutions will lead the way to greening our future. Also, Chicago residents with a public library card can check out a pass good for two weeks at one of any of the museums mentioned in this article. Parking lots, though expensive and less environmentally friendly than public transportation, are fairly abundant.
Free trolleys run from some off-site free or metered parking areas.
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