Museums Today
Fashion and the Field Museum Collection
Through 6/16/13:Museums
Clothes from around the world, as curated by Maria Pinto. Opens Fri 9/14.
James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph
Loop
312-814-5322Spectator Sports
4/12-7/3.Museums
Pictures on the relationship between athletes and spectators. Reception Thu 4/11, 5 PM.
600 S. Michigan Ave.
South Loop
312-663-5554Amalia Pica
4/27-8/11.Museums
Everyday materials turn into questions about language and communication in the first solo U.S. show by Amalia Pica, featuring sculpture, photography, drawings, and performance.
Scenes from the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux
Through 9/8:Museums
The exhibit transports the viewer to the infamous Lascaux caves, which were covered with prehistoric art nearly 20,000 years ago. Replicas of the cave and a "lifelike stone-age family" are supplemented by artifacts from the museum's collection.
Think First, Shoot Later
Through 11/10Museums
A retrospective on the major themes in photography over the past four decades.
Museum tours
Wednesdays-Fridays, 1 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m., 12, 1 & 2 p.m. and Tuesdays, 1 & 6 p.m.Museums
"Express" talks
Fridays, 2-2:30 p.m., Thursdays, Fridays, 5:30-6 & 7-7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m.Museums
Our Body: the Universe Within
Ongoing.Museums
Exhibit chronicling the evolution of modern medicine, featuring historical surgical tools, paintings, prints, and sculptures, and including over 200 preserved human specimens. $22, $16 seniors and students, $12 kids 4-13
Shoot for the Moon
OngoingMuseums
Featuring the restored Gemini 12 spacecraft and artifacts commemorating the 40th anniversary of its mission and other lunar adventures; astro labs and various historical space reading devices; interactive displays on galaxies, planets, and other nonterrestrial entities. The museum's regular sky shows start on the half hour, virtual reality presentations every 90 minutes.
Planet Explorers
Ongoing.Museums
Interactive and all-ages exhibit on space flight, including simulated rides and extra-terrestrial exploration.
The Ancient Americas
OngoingMuseums
Artifacts from between the Arctic and the tip of South America highlighting 13,000 years of survivor skills utilized by the early Pueblo communities of the American southwest, the Incas of South America, and other cultures throughout the hemisphere.
