page_title: List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago
section_title: Music, theater, and performing arts
hierarchical_section_title: List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago / Music, theater, and performing arts
caption_attribution_description: Orchestra Hall, Michican Ave., Chicago,Illinois, part of the Symphony Center, seen from the across the street at the Art Insitute. Route 66 passed by the north end of the building along Adams Ave.
context_page_description: The city of Chicago, Illinois has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small. Major cultural institutions include:
  the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
  Lincoln Park's Lincoln Park Zoo, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Steppenwolf Theatre;
  the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium in the Near South Side's Museum Campus;
  the Museum of Science and Industry, Oriental Institute, Smart Museum of Art, and DuSable Museum in Hyde Park;
  the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Second City comedy troupe, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Near North Side;
  the Garfield Park Conservatory;
  and Pilsen's National Museum of Mexican Art;
  as well as the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Botanic Gardens, and Morton Arboretum in nearby suburbs.
caption: Symphony Center
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