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Adler Planetarium
1300 Lake Shore Drive
312.922.7827 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. This was also checked with a
curator. |
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Art Institute
111 South Michigan
312.443.3600 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
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Brookfield Zoo
3300 Golf Road, Brookfield
708.485.0263 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Chicago Botanic Gardens
1000 Lake Cook Road,
Glencoe
847.835.5440 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Chicago Children’s
Museum
700 East Grand Avenue
312.527.1000 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Chicago Cultural
Center
78 East
Washington Street
312.477.6630 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. This was also checked with a
member of the administration. |
|
Chicago History
Museum
1601 North Clark
312-642-4600 |
û |
The
museum has a partial skeleton in its collection area. A visit is planned
to ascertain the extent of the problem. |
|
The Field Museum of
Natural History
1400 South Lake
Shore Drive
312.922.9410 |
û |
The
museum contains over 25 mummies, numerous skeletons, and other human
remains. To access the research areas contact the cRc. |
|
Holocaust Memorial
Foundation of Illinois Museum
4255 Main Street,
Skokie
847.677.4640 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
International
Museum of Surgical Science
1524 North Lake
Shore Drive
312.642.6502 |
û |
The
museum contains many human remains. |
|
Lincoln Park
Areas
approximately between
North Avenue and Wisconsin Street |
® |
Part of current day Lincoln Park was the former city cemetery (areas
approximately between North Avenue and Wisconsin Street). The cemetery
was not necessarily properly removed. Rabbi Schwartz permits the Kohain
to enter all areas of the park barring the area that was the former
Jewish cemetery. That area is currently in the in the Southwest section
of the park, below the baseball fields. |
|
Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 North Clark
Street
312.742.2000 |
® |
The
main zoo area posses absolutely no problem for a Kohain. The main barn
(red) at the Farm in the Zoo has remains beneath it and is therefore a
prohibited
אהל המת. [See
also Lincoln Park] |
|
Loyola University
Museum of Art
820 North
Michigan Avenue
312.915.7600 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Millennium Park
Michigan Avenue
between Randolph and Monroe
312.742.1168 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Mitchell Museum of
the American Indian
2600 Central
Park, Evanston
847.475.1030 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Museum of Broadcast
Communications
State Street and
Kinzie
312.245.8200 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Museum of
Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago
Avenue
312.280.2660 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Museum of
Contemporary Photography
600 South
Michigan Avenue
312.663.5554 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Museum of Science &
Industry
57th
Street and Lake Shore Drive
773.684.1414 |
û |
The
museum contains a whole brain, prenatal specimens, and sections of the
human body. A visit is scheduled to ascertain the extent of the problem. |
|
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
312.595.7437 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Oriental Institute
Museum
1155 East 58th
Street
773.702.9514 |
ü |
The museum contains four mummies as well as numerous human remains in
storage. The mummies have חלל טפח, and
the remains are in a separate closed area. While the Maharsham is
stringent, Rav Gedalia Dov Schwartz permits entry by the Kohain.
|
|
Peggy Notebaert
Nature Museum
2430 North Cannon
Drive
773.755.5100 |
ü |
The
museum contains one human skeleton, which has a
חלל טפח. While
the Maharsham is stringent, Rav Gedalia Dov Schwartz permits entry by
the Kohain. |
|
Sears Tower- Sky
Deck
233 South Wacker
312.845.9696 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake
Shore Drive
312.939.2438 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Smart Museum of Art
– University of Chicago
5550 South
Greenwood
773.702.0200 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
|
Spertus Museum of
Judaica
618 South
Michigan Avenue
312.322.1417 |
ü |
There are no reasons to suspect any issues. |
