Permanent Exhibits

The Allstate Foundation presents Play It Safe Artabounds Gallery BIG Backyard Dinosaur Expedition Inventing Lab Kids on the Fly

Kids Town Kovler Family Climbing Schooner My Museum Skyline Treehouse Trails WaterWays

Skyline
Design your own skyscraper and enhance your understanding of the science, engineering, art, and technology behind what keeps Chicago’s tallest buildings standing, in Skyline. Get your story from your Skyline visit.

Skyline was made possible thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation.	Case Construction Equipment is a major sponsor of the Skyline exhibit.

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Treehouse Trails
Camp out, climb a tree and explore a cave in this enchanted forest setting. Designed for children ages five and under, Treehouse Trails magically transports the youngest visitors to the great outdoors and encourages them to use their boundless imaginations. Canoe or fish in the pretend blue river; splash in a mountain waterfall; explore the natural landscape; play in an enormous tree house; prepare vegetables from the garden and serve them in the old-fashioned log cabin. Infants can crawl over giant logs and play peek-a-boo with reflective mirrors in the waterless, cushioned Baby Pond.

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WaterWays
Make a splash in this squirting, pumping water playground! Discover the wonders of the Earth’s most abundant resource through an interactive system of pulleys, pumps, wheels and pipes that demonstrate how we manipulate the multi-functional power of water. Navigate your boat down the mighty WaterWays river—and change its flow using locks and dams. Create a soaring water fountain, with a replica of Buckingham Fountain for inspiration. Turn the gigantic Water Wheel, and re-create how people have generated energy for thousands of years. Prepare to get wet, as you learn through teamwork and individual exploration about the many uses of water!

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