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Buds and Blossoms

 | Lisle

Children enter into the world of tree buds, discover different types and hunt for them in the garden.

Where: Morton Arboretum
When: 1-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Step into the Night

 | Oakbrook Terrace
FREE  

Exhibit features native nocturnal animals and their adaptations for survival at night.  Feel for your food, listen to your nocturnal neighbors, play in the bat cave, look for skunks and more.

Where: Lake View Nature Center
When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; Noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; Closed March 5
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free

 

Storybook Square

 | Chicago
FREE  

Navy Pier's Family Pavilion is transformed into a town filled with numerous interactive characters, live music, games and more. Watch Mother Goose and her friends act out our favorite stories, take family photos with Bonny Bunny (through April 8), and listen to The Chicken or the Egg Orchestra.

Where: Navy Pier
When: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m Friday-Saturday
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free

 

Circus Zirkus

 | Chicago

Children can immerse themselves in backstage preparation, perform routines in center ring or manage the behind-the-scenes action of lights and sound. Plus, try making a circus balance toy or dress up like a clown.

Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

A Century of Girls Leading the Way

 | Oak Park

A special exhibit on the history of Girl Scouting, with special focus on Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Where: Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Scouting in America

 | Joliet

Exhibit tells the story of Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting in America.

 

Where: Joliet Area Historical Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Space Junk 3-D

 | Chicago

A visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the solutions aimed at restoring our planet's orbits. Visitors experience mind-boggling collisions in time lapse sequences captured with the magical imagery of 3D.

Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages

 

Undiscovered Worlds

 | Chicago

Through the discovery of exoplanets, we have learned our solar system is not alone in the universe. IN this new space show, learn how, with new instruments like the Kepler Telescope and rapidly improving technologies, the discovery of exoplanets puts us one step closer to finding an Earth-like world.

Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission.

 

3-D Sun

 | Chicago

New space show gives audiences the chance to see the sun up close in dazzling, high-definition 3D. Stand above the Arctic Circle and witness brilliant auroras. Take a ride on a solar blast from the Sun's surface to Earth's Magnetosphere. Witness the most powerful explosions in the solar system - equal to the force of a billion megaton nuclear bombs.

Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Opening the Vault: Mummies

 | Chicago

View more than 20 mummified humans and animals from Egypt and Peru. The Field Museum obtained most of these remains from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and many have not been on display since. The mummies are shown along with detailed scan images, allowing visitors to see pointers to the methods used for mummification, signs of serious injuries and illnesses, and offerings and jewelry placed inside the wrappings.

Where: Field Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 
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