Enjoy free admission to Chicago museums on Illinois resident discount days in April. (Dates are subject to change, so please confirm dates with each museum.) | Courtesy Austin Branch Library
Art Institute of Chicago
Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Chicago Botanic Garden
Always free; parking is $20/car, $25/van
Chicago Children’s Museum
First Sunday of every month for
children 15 and younger
Target Free Family Nights, Thursdays
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Chicago History Museum
Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
DuSable Museum of African
American History
Tuesdays
Lincoln Park Zoo
Always free
Museum of Contemporary Art
Tuesdays
National Museum of Mexican Art
Always free
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
Always free
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Thursdays
Shedd Aquarium
April 22
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