What's on in Chicago
Beluga whale in the Abbott Oceanarium at Shedd Aquarium

Shedd AquariumMuseum Campus / Near South Side

Abbott Oceanarium

Now showingPermanent collectionTicketed, see website

A recreated Pacific Northwest coastline with beluga whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, California sea lions and sea otters, viewable from a coastal walkway and an underwater level.

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On nowAll of November 2026

Also at Shedd Aquarium

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A section of a museum exhibition, with large cut-outs of trees and plants, and specimens in display cases.

After the Age of Dinosaurs

Field Museum

Pokemon Fossil Museum

Pokémon Fossil Museum

Field Museum

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

If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground

Museum of Contemporary Photography

All exhibitions in Chicago this month Coming up in December

Nearby

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

Field Museum

History4 min walk
The Art Deco rotunda of the Adler Planetarium on Chicago's Museum Campus

Adler Planetarium

History7 min walk
The Museum of Contemporary Photography at 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, seen from the street

Museum of Contemporary Photography

ArtFree12 min walk
The Beaux-Arts facade of the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan Avenue, floodlit at night, with one of its bronze lions at right

Art Institute of Chicago

Architecture19 min walk

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