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).
Society of Architectural Historians SAH ARCHIPEDIA entry on Museum Campus
October 21, 2023
museum, campus, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2014,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Museum Campus news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Museum Campus is a 57 acre 23 ha park in Chicago facing Lake Michigan in Grant Park It encompasses five of the city s major attractions the Adler Planetarium America s first planetarium the Shedd Aquarium the Field Museum of Natural History It is adjacent to Soldier Field home of the NFL Chicago Bears football team and the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place and to Northerly Island park and Burnham Harbor An aerial view of the Museum CampusShedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn Contents 1 History 2 Campus Museums 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit nbsp Pedestrian tunnel in the Museum Campus running underneath Lake Shore DriveThe Museum Campus was created to transform the vicinity of three of the city s most notable museums the Adler Planetarium the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History along with Soldier Field stadium into a scenic pedestrian friendly area The area is landscaped with greenery and flora as well as jogging paths and walkways A picturesque promenade along Solidarity Drive an isthmus links Northerly Island to the mainland The drive itself is lined with a number of grand bronze monuments commemorating Kosciuszko Havlicek and 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 Edit nbsp Field Museum of Natural History nbsp Adler Planetarium nbsp Shedd Aquarium nbsp Museum Campus sign in Grant ParkSee also Edit nbsp Chicago portalList of museums and cultural institutions in ChicagoReferences Edit Museum Campus South Museum Campus South Retrieved March 3 2018 South Side Museums Form Museum Campus South cbslocal com July 24 2014 Retrieved March 3 2018 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 Waldinger Mike January 30 2018 The proud history of architecture in Illinois Springfield Business Journal Retrieved January 30 2018 External links EditMuseum Campus map View on Google Maps includes a short video41 51 59 N 87 36 51 W 41 8665 N 87 6141 W 41 8665 87 6141 Museum Campus Society of Architectural Historians SAH ARCHIPEDIA entry on Museum Campus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Museum Campus amp oldid 1149708268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
