Those without plans for the Fourth of July need look no further than Chicago’s collection of museums. While some museums are closed for the holiday, many Chicago favorites are open for regular or ...

This month, a popular Chicago museum will be open late on Sundays. With the launch of "Super Sundays," the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry will keep its doors open until 9 p.m. each Sunday in ...

A great museum does more than store significant objects. It builds an argument about why those objects matter, constructs an environment in which that argument becomes persuasive, and leaves visitors ...

Chicago is home to some of the country's best museums, like the Field Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago. While these museums are certainly worth a visit, a smaller and more underrated museum can ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The movement du jour is for a museum to describe its offerings as “immersive.” It’s become a cliché, but it does nod to a cultural trend that predated, then ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Sound the coal mine whistle and fire up the Tesla coil, because the ...

United Steelworkers of America, Local 65 members at Solidarity Day, March for Jobs and Justice in Washington, DC in 1981 Credit: Griffin Museum of Science and Industry A few years ago, David Vance ...

The exhibit is giving a look inside many ordinary and extraordinary objects, including artifacts from the museum. ABC7 was joined by Griffin MSI head curator, Dr. Voula Saridakis, on Thursday. Dr.

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