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The 5 Best Museums In Chicago

ABBEY: We've toured five museums in Chicago and I don't know how long we walked but still there are lot more things to see. We purchased Chicago City Pass for 199USD for the following visitor attractions: 1. Shedd Aquarium 2. Art Institute of Chicago 3. The Field Museum 4. Museum of Science and Industry  5. Adler Planetarium  Adler Planetarium: This is our first stop. We were there way before it open and we're on a full battle gear against cold. We were greeted by the exhibition of the man on the moon; how US President John Kennedy on 1961 challenge the nation to step on the moon before the decade ends. And the rest is history. Since it is all about Earth and other celestial bodies, it has abundant displays of instruments used for the studies like armillary spheres, telescopes, maps and solar system models.  Shedd Aquarium: We did revisit Shedd aquarium after our first tour as the tickets for the show is already sold out. The museum is curate...