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Previous Exhibits
2016 (Apr. 15 – Jul. 15)
Learn about the search for planets beyond our Solar System, asteroids and comets, Mars exploration and more. This free exhibit for future astronauts and families offers hands-on activities: Solar System Weather Report Station, Discover Space Quiz Show, Mission to Mars Kiosk, Meteorite displays, space rocks kiosk and more! Journey to Space - NASA items on display will include an actual moon rock, a space shuttle tire, an astronaut suit, rocket replicas, space shuttle model and more. Lunar Module replica from Global Effects used in the movie Apollo 18. StarLab traveling planetarium.
2016 (Apr. 15 – Jul. 15) |
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Learn about the search for planets beyond our Solar System, asteroids and comets, Mars exploration and more. This free exhibit for future astronauts and families offers hands-on activities: Solar System Weather Report Station, Discover Space Quiz Show, Mission to Mars Kiosk, Meteorite displays, space rocks kiosk and more! Journey to Space - NASA items on display will include an actual moon rock, a space shuttle tire, an astronaut suit, rocket replicas, space shuttle model and more. Lunar Module replica from Global Effects used in the movie Apollo 18. StarLab traveling planetarium. |
2015 (Dec. 18 – Jan. 31) |
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Explore the books and characters that took you parents and grandparents on adventures. Readers of all generations will enjoy this exhibit of 75 iconic children’s and young adult books. Memorabilia, vintage film clips and original radio broadcasts are also included! |
2015 (Oct. 14 - Jan. 31) |
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See 13 world-famous landmarks built entirely of LEGO at this exhibit! LEGO Certified Professional Adam Reed Tucker has recreated Fallingwater, John Hancock Center, Marina City, Willis Tower, Trump Tower, Burj Khalifa, Empire State Building, St. Louis Arch and more. |
2015 (Jul. 15 – Sep. 24) |
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All 44 American Presidents are center stage in this exhibit that features the only complete collection of American presidential oil portraits by one artist, renowned North Carolina painter Chas Fagan. The exhibit spotlights the American Presidents with biographical sketches of the presidents and first ladies and photos that capture each president’s time and White House with audio and video. The exhibit is presented by C-SPAN and Comcast and co-sponsored by the White House Historical Association. |
2015 (Jun. 15 – Sept. 28) |
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Don’t miss this fun, interactive exhibit! Learn about music genres from norteña to bolero, listen to classic and modern songs, learn the steps to salsa, take a picture with images of Selena and Vicente Fernandez, and more! Costumes, musical instruments and a collection of vintage record album covers will be featured. |
2015 (Feb. 4 – Feb. 28) |
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Poet Gwendolyn Brooks, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, populist historian Studs Terkel and novelist Richars Wright inspired social change in America by telling stories about the people they lived and worked with in Chicago, writing about their hopes and dreams as well as the barriers they encountered and fought. This exhibit is from the American Writers Museum and cosponsored by the Chicago History Museum. |
2014 (Jul. 19 – Sep. 19) |
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Maurice Sendak: 50 years; 50 works; 50 Reasons is composed of select works by the late artist with comments by celebrities, authors and noted personalities. It celebrates Sendak’s more than 50 years as an illustrator and author and the 50th anniversary of Where the Wild Things Are (2013) with 50 of his works and comments by 50 well-known personalities. The exhibit includes many original illustrations, including some done relative to Where the Wild Things Are, original book cover art for FAO Schwartz and set design art. |
2014 (Jun. 7 – Aug. 24) |
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Visit Clifford™, Emily Elizabeth™ and friends for a summer full of “paws-on” fun. There’s so much more to do at this free, interactive exhibit that fosters social skills for children ages two to seven and shares Clifford’s Big Ideas including sharing, working together, playing fair, being kind and helping others. The exhibit is based on Scholastic’s #1 rated TV show on PBS Kids and from the books of awardwinning author Norman Bridwell. |
2014 (Apr. 2 – May 16) |
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Abraham Lincoln was confronted with enormous challenges when he was elected president in 1860. The nation was on the brink of Civil War, and Lincoln struggled with issues of secession, slavery and civil liberties—all questions our country’s founding charter left unanswered. President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront these three intertwined crises of war, ultimately reinventing the Constitution and the promise of American life. This exhibition develops a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis. |