Museum Campus

Coordinates: 41°51′59″N 87°36′51″W / 41.8665°N 87.6141°W / 41.8665; -87.6141
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An aerial view of the Museum Campus
Shedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn.

Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in

NFL Chicago Bears football team; and the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place and to Northerly Island
park and Burnham Harbor.

History

Nicholas Copernicus, the last of which is a replica of a famous 19th-century work in Warsaw by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.[citation needed
]

The Museum Campus opened on June 4, 1998, when the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive were moved west of Soldier Field following the route of the expressway's southbound lanes. By removing the roadway which bisected the area, Museum Campus was created into a green space for the enjoyment of both residents and tourists. In 2014, a consortium of museums in or near the University of Chicago, formed Museum Campus South.[1][2] Also in 2014, filmmaker George Lucas selected Museum Campus as the location of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which would have cost an estimated $700 million,[3] and expanded Museum Campus south along the city's waterfront. However, these plans were canceled in June 2016 due to opposition from the Friends of the Parks advocacy group.

In August 2016, in a partnership with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Parks District and Everywhere Wireless, Museum Campus joined many Chicago Beaches and Buckingham Fountain in providing free Wi-Fi to visitors.

In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, the Museum Campus was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places [4] by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois).

Campus Museums

See also

References

  1. ^ "Museum Campus South". Museum Campus South. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "South Side Museums Form "Museum Campus South"". cbslocal.com. July 24, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Sneed, Michael (June 24, 2014). "Sneed Exclusive: Chicago to Get George Lucas Museum". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Waldinger, Mike (January 30, 2018). "The proud history of architecture in Illinois". Springfield Business Journal. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

External links

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