Discover a magnificent collection of architecture, landscape design and art that provide a stunning backdrop for hundreds of free cultural programmes including concerts, exhibitions and family activities. Millennium Park is also home to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Anish Kapoor’s famous Cloud Gate sculpture and more. In Millennium Park, you’ll find a new kind of town square – a lively, spectacular gathering spot located in the heart of the city and a destination for both Chicagoans and visitors alike.

This 90-minute river cruise places you at the feet of over a hundred skyscrapers, each designed or inspired by the Modernists of nearly a century ago. As you travel through the birthplace of modern architecture, a specially trained guide describes the work of those who revolutionized the building arts, and how they are linked structurally and architecturally. Cruises begin in April. All tours depart from Riverside Gardens, Michigan Ave. and Wacker Dr. (Southeast corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge).

The Art Institute is one of the most renowned art museums in the world, particularly known for its collection of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by artists such as Monet and Courbet. Other galleries feature the art of ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, decorative arts, textiles of the world, prints and drawings, architecture and photography. The Art Institute regularly hosts world-class exhibitions, attracting audiences from around the globe. Free public lectures and tours are offered throughout the week.

With nearly 40 million specimens and artifacts in its permanent collection, the Field Museum of Natural History  fuels a journey of discovery across time to enable solutions for a brighter future rich in nature and culture.  Experience SUE, the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered; descend into an ancient Egyptian tomb; and explore over 10,000 years of Chinese history and culture. With 4.6 billion years in one place, visitors will be taken around the world and back in time.

Tours of the home and studio designed and inhabited by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright show how his family, his house and his conception of architecture evolved in the 20 years that he lived in Chicago. Visitors can witness Wright's modern use of flowing space, how light was as important to his architecture as the design itself, and the moods that he could create with space, colour and materials.

One of the nation's largest modern art museums, the MCA features artworks created since 1945. Its permanent collection includes work by the likes of Franz Kline and Andy Warhol. It highlights the Surrealism of the 1940s and 50s, the Minimalism of the 1960s, conceptual art and photography from the 1960s to the present, and art by Chicago-based artists.

Few may know, but a number of Broadway’s biggest hits were born by Broadway In Chicago, including The Pirate Queen, Mamma Mia!, Tallulah to name but a few. Broadway In Chicago is also responsible for bringing many long-running productions to the city and it operates in five venues in the city including CIBC Theatre, James M. Nederlander Theatre, Cadillac Palace Theatre, the Auditorium Theatre and the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place.