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Historic telescopes on display at the Adler Planetarium

Adler Planetarium · Museum Campus / Northerly Island

Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass

Now showingPermanent collection·$25

Four centuries of optical instruments drawn from the Adler's collection, with rare telescopes, books and documents tracing how lenses reshaped our view of the sky.

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Work from the MoCP collection featured in If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground

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The white marble Beaux-Arts exterior of Shedd Aquarium on Chicago's Museum Campus

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Children7 min walk
The neoclassical marble exterior of the Field Museum in Chicago, seen from the lakefront Museum Campus

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The Museum of Contemporary Photography at 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, seen from the street

Museum of Contemporary Photography

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