Get ready for unforgettable encounters with belugas and bluegills, stingrays and sturgeons, sea stars and sea otters—and so many more animals from aquatic environments around the world! See penguins fly through chilly waters, alligators bask on a riverbank and monkeys scamper through rainforest trees. At Shedd, you can look nature in the eye, reach out and touch it, investigate and discover. And get ready for beauty that surprises, mesmerizes, inspires and moves you!

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Treat yourself to unparalleled 360-degree views of up to four states from the top of the world-renowned Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), the Western Hemisphere’s second-tallest building. Take a deep breath and step out onto The Ledge – glass floor balconies 103 floors over Chicago! Complete your visit with interactive exhibits, photo ops and a movie about Willis Tower’s rise to prominence.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

See the world’s wonders at the Field Museum. Experience SUE, the largest, most complete, and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered, descend into an ancient Egyptian tomb, and explore over 10,000 years of Chinese history and culture. With 4.6 billion years in one place, you’ll be taken around the world and back in time.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

View the greatest Impressionist collection outside Paris. Stand before classics like Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait, and travel the globe through galleries featuring the art of ancient Greece, Japan, Africa, and the Americas.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Explore mind-blowing exhibits at MSI, the largest science museum in the country — it’s unlike any museum you have ever seen.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

360 CHICAGO Observation Deck Expedited Entry will be unavailable from February 1 to March 31.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Explore space at America’s first planetarium! Experience hands-on, minds-on activities and discover mind-blowing facts about the Universe. With two domed theaters, 60,000 square feet of exhibitions and the Doane Observatory’s research quality telescope, spend a day seeing why “Space is Freaking Awesome.”

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Shoreline Sightseeing’s award-winning Architecture Tours are led by knowledgeable, entertaining guides and showcase the city’s rich architectural heritage. Enjoy state-of-the-art tour boats and see the Chicago skyline as you’ve never seen it before with Shoreline, Chicago’s leading boat company for over 75 years.

5 hours 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free