| The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - The Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences |
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| Established |
1857 |
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2430 N Cannon Drive Chicago, IL 60614 (since 1999) |
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Nature Museum |
| Website |
http://www.naturemuseum.org/ |
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - The Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences is a nature museum located in Chicago, Illinois. The museum, which opened in a new facility in October 1999, is located at the intersection of Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park.[1] The museum focuses on the natural history of the Chicago region and child and adult education. In addition, it has a popular live butterfly house.
History [edit]
The Museum is operated by the Chicago Academy of Sciences, which had previously been located at Lincoln Park's century old Matthew Laflin Memorial Building.[2] The Academy was founded in 1857 by young prominent American naturalists, such as Robert Kennicott and William Stimpson.[3] It was Chicago’s first museum dedicated to nature and science, and developed one of the finest natural history collections in the United States in the mid-19th century, but that collection was lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.[4] The museum was rebuilt but lost its home again in the financial turmoil of the 1880s. The museum then built a building in Lincoln Park in 1898, which became the model for the Chicago Park District's museum-in-the-parks program. The old museum attracted many visitors with its naturalistic dioramas of area ecological settings.[5] In the 1990s, a new home for the museum was constructed nearby, on the southeastern banks of the North Pond. Its old building is currently used for Lincoln Park Zoo administration.
Exhibits and programs [edit]
The museum's exhibits today include displays about the ecological history of the Illinois region, a live butterfly house, and a green home demonstration.[6] The butterfly house features more than 200 species of exotic butterflies. The museum also offers more than 100 educational programs for adults and children.[7]
The museum is named in honor of Peggy Notebaert, wife of Qwest Communications chairman and chief executive officer Richard Notebaert.[8] The building was designed by Perkins and Will.[9]
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Front entrance on Cannon Drive
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Landscape near North Pond
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See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Nature museum opens in Lincoln Park". Chicago Sun-Times. October 23, 2009.
- ^ "Chicago Academy of Sciences". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 2006-01-08
- ^ "The Megatherium Club". Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "William Stimpson (1832-1872)". NATURALIST COLLECTORS. National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Chicago Academy of Sciences' Virtual Exhibit: The Laflin Building Nature Dioramas". C.A.S. (1996). Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Donna Vickroy. "Notebaert Nature Museum evolves". Daily Southtown. October 1, 2004.
- ^ "http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/environmental-issues/nature/peggy-notebaert-nature-museum-PLCUL000214.topic"[1]
- ^ Howard Wolinsky. "Qwest over for Notebaert - CEO who led company's 5-year turnaround calls it quits calling it quits". Chicago Sun-Times. June 12, 2007. 43.
- ^ Lee Bey. "Notebaert Nature Museum is a harmonic convergence". Chicago Sun-Times. October 24, 1999. 30.
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Coordinates: 41°55′36″N 87°38′07″W / 41.9267°N 87.6352°W / 41.9267; -87.6352
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