Bus in front of the Field Museum

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago

Located on Michigan and Adams.

  • From the Green, Orange, Brown and Purple Line Express elevated lines, exit at Adams/Wabash and walk one block east on Adams.
  • From the Red and Blue Line subways, exit at Jackson. Walk two or three blocks east on Jackson and a half a block north on Michigan. Also served by buses 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 147, and 151.
  • Weekday rush periods only - buses 1, 26, 28 and 148. Weekends and holidays (mid-May through Labor Day) - bus 130 from Ogilvie Transportation Center and Union Station.

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DuSable Museum

Located at 740 E. 56th Place.

  • From the Red and Green lines, exit at Garfield and board bus 55 east to Cottage Grove. Walk one and a half blocks south on Cottage Grove.
  • Also served by bus 4. Weekday rush periods only - bus 2.

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Museum Campus:
Field Museum of Natural History
Adler Planetarium
Shedd Aquarium & Oceanarium

Located east of Lake Shore Drive on McFetridge.

  • From the Red Line subway, or the Green and Orange elevated lines, exit at Roosevelt. Board bus 146 east to the Museum Campus.
  • Also served by bus 146, accessible from the Orange, Brown and Purple Line Express elevated lines at Library-State/Van Buren. Weekends and holidays (mid-May through Labor Day) - bus 130 from Ogilvie Transportation Center and Union Station.

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Museum of Contemporary Art

Located at Mies van der Rohe and Chicago.

  • From the Red and Blue Line subways, or the Brown and Purple Line Express elevated lines, exit at the Chicago station and board bus 66 east.
  • Also served by buses 3, 10* and 157.

(*#10 operates daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day)

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Museum of Science and Industry

Located at Lake Shore Drive and 57th Street.

  • From the Red and Green lines, exit at Garfield. Board bus 55 east to the museum.
  • Also served by bus 15, as well as buses 6 and 10 (daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day)from Downtown. Weekday rush periods only - bus 28.

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National Museum of Mexican Art

Located at 1852 W. 19th Street.

  • From the Pink Line, exit at 18th and walk a half a block west to Wood and two blocks south to 19th Street and then a half a block west to the museum.
  • Also served by buses 18 and 50.

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Polish Museum of America

Located at 984 N. Milwaukee.

  • From the Blue Line (O’Hare branch), exit at Division and walk four blocks southeast on Milwaukee to the museum. Also served by buses 9 and 56.

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