Where to Go: Millennium Park

Located right in Downtown Chicago, this park is a staple of the Windy City. 

 

Things to See:
Cloud Gate, also affectionately known by the locals as the Bean

This 110-ton elliptical sculpture was created by British artist Anish Kapoor. This one-of-a-kind sculpture sits in just the right spot, capturing the entirety of the Chicago skyline (and the clouds above) in its shiny surface.

-Lurie Gardens

The “secret garden” of Chicago, this domicile is a place of rest and reprise from every day city life for both humans and wildlife alike. This garden showcases different plants and décor for the four seasons and it represents the change of Chicago from marshland to the City it is today.

-Wrigley Square

Wrigley Square is a tree-lined oasis for visitors to come and relax. Within the square, there is also the Millennium Memorial which was built to replicate the one that once stood on Michigan Ave and Randolph Street in the mid 1900’s. Carved into the limestone are the names of the Park’s founders.

Crown Fountain 

Created by Spanish artist Jaume Plense, these 50 foot towers made of glass sit on either end of a shallow reflecting pool. Faces of Chicago citizens show on these blocks as tribute to the broad social spectrum of Chicago itself.

-Boeing Galleries and Exhibits (ever changing)

       –As of posting this article, here are the exhibits:

              — “When we call the Earth by way of distinction a planet and the Moon a satellite, we should consider whether we do no, in a certain sense, mistake the matter. Perhaps – and not unlikely – the Moon is the planet and the Earth the satellite! Are we not a larger moon to the Moon, then she is to us?” By Christine Tarkowski

              — “Screenhouse” By Edra Soto

*Due to Covid, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the Welcome Center, the Great Lawn and the BP Bridge between Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park are closed. 

**Please wear face coverings as they are required. Guests are asked to social distance from other group and their own group can be no more than 10 people.