Chicago Children's Museum
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🎨 Museum · Chicago
3 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations
- 🚗About 50 min driveFrom Naperville · Parking: Navy Pier garage (museum discount, still about $20+); bus 124 direct from Union Station / Ogilvie
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat · Fine on cold days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Winter · Fall · Spring · Summer
A three-floor children's museum inside Navy Pier: the three-story climbing nets of the Kovler Family Climbing Schooner, pumps and locks at WaterWays, dinosaur-bone digging in Dinosaur Expedition, and Treehouse Trails just for ages 0–3; easily three hours in one visit.
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