{"id":86974388,"date":"2014-04-17T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/family-travel-chicago-children-s-museum\/"},"modified":"2016-02-01T04:10:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T04:10:24","slug":"family-travel-chicago-children-s-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/family-travel-chicago-children-s-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Travel: Chicago Children’s Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Little One Goes to Town in the Dinosaur Expedition!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Located right on Navy Pier<\/a><\/strong>, in the heart of Chicago’s<\/a><\/strong> most visited attractions, the Chicago Children’s Museum is the perfect way to spend a day with young children.\u00a0 Three floors of learning-based fun feature the following kid-friendly exhibits for hands-on fun:
\nTinkering Lab<\/strong>
\nThis brand-new permanent exhibit gives your family the tools and materials to make projects of your own!\u00a0 Learn to use hammers, drills, screwdrivers, and more as you tinker your way to a fantastic project!\u00a0 Need inspiration?\u00a0 Take the Pegboard Challenge first to get your creative juices flowing.<\/p>\n

Dinosaur Expedition<\/strong>
\nDig for dinosaur bones in an excavation pit that recreates the Saharan expedition where Paul Sereno, Chicago paleontologist, found the suchomimus dinosaur.<\/p>\n

Play It Safe<\/strong>
\nHop inside a firehouse or fire truck while donning hats, boots, and gear alike our brave heroes.\u00a0 While playing and having fun (including sliding down the fire pole!), kids will learn fire safety as they put out a practice “fire” and crawl below the smoke in the “Get Low and Go” bedroom.<\/p>\n

WaterWays<\/strong>
\nHave buckets of fun as you and your kids move water utilizing pumps, pipes, and pullies.
\nKids Town<\/strong>
\nDesigned specifically for early learners, this exhibit presents a small urban city for role-play like shopping at a grocery store, washing a car, and even driving a CTA city bus.<\/p>\n

Skyline<\/strong>
\nExplore your inner architect and engineer as you build your own skyscraper.\u00a0 Even babies & toddlers can get involved here.\u00a0 The Skyscraper Challenge is a fun way to not only build a strong structure, but to record yourself in the process.\u00a0 Archival pictures are available on their website after your mission is completed!<\/p>\n

Kraft Artabounds Studio<\/strong>
\nYour entire family can work together to create art projects taught daily by local artists.\u00a0 All ages and stages welcome!<\/p>\n

Play Areas<\/strong>
\nBabies & toddlers will love the Pritzker Playspace and Treehouse Trails.\u00a0 With books, toys, and imaginative play structures, your littlest ones can learn at their own pace.\u00a0 Kids five and up can climb aboard the remains of the Kovler Family Schooner as they get their energy out.\u00a0 Children of all ages can play and explore in the BIG Backyard full of oversized garden flowers and play structures.<\/p>\n

Rotating exhibits regularly call the museum home.\u00a0 Catch Unboxed: Adventures in Cardboard now through May 5.
\nGet the educainment started with cheap flights to Chicago<\/a><\/strong>!
\nAdmission into the museum is $14 for everyone over one.<\/em>
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\nphoto: familytravelck<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Little One Goes to Town in the Dinosaur Expedition!   Located right on Navy Pier, in the heart of Chicago’s most visited attractions, the Chicago Children’s Museum is the perfect way to spend a day with young children.\u00a0 Three floors of learning-based fun feature the following kid-friendly exhibits for hands-on fun: Tinkering Lab This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":97174534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1411,70,1360],"tags":[1469,1474,1445],"class_list":["post-86974388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-family","category-top-us-destinations","tag-chicago-arts-culture","tag-chicago-museums","tag-kid-friendly-chicago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86974388"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97174533,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974388\/revisions\/97174533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97174534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86974388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86974388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86974388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}