A self-described “keeper of objects,” University of Chicago Prof. Theaster Gates brings together materials collected over his artistic career in his first solo exhibition in his hometown of Chicago.

Skydeck Chicago is decking the halls for the holidays. For the first time ever, they've decorated the lower-level Chicago ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been receiving around-the-clock care at home, has been hospitalized with a rare neurological ...

In November 2025, a story began circulating online claiming that a small-town museum in Missouri had, for 50 years, unknowingly displayed the mummified body of a missing man, believing it to be a wax ...

She’s only 3 years old, but that didn’t stop Sofia Quiroz from enjoying a day out after traveling from Chicago Heights to the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn. The free visit was made possible thanks to ...

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work. A detail from “Ferrocarrileros,” ...

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When Old Chicago opened in Bolingbrook, Illinois back in 1975, it was billed as the country’s first indoor amusement park. Thousands of visitors showed up on opening day to see what the 345,000 square ...

Illinois is home to some of the country’s most fascinating museums — and not all of them fit the traditional mold. Beyond the famous art and science institutions, you’ll find spots dedicated to ...

Opened in 2014, the wax museum’s Beijing branch has permanently closed. The White House ballroom saga could be worse for Trump than he realizes Kim Kardashian calls fake news on the 1969 moon landing.