Permanent Exhibits

Our art studio is designed to provide inspiration for children to explore their inner creativity with programs that change twice a month.

What makes you you? In this exhibit, find out more about your likes and dislikes, your abilities and qualities, and find out what makes every visitor special and unique.

Vroom vroom!  Pull up to the car care exhibit to take a trip through the wonderful world of automobiles. You won’t want to speed through this zone!

Count, touch, manipulate, experiment, and explore: that’s what science is all about!  Take a journey through science, math, and technology in this exhibit, based on the City of Chicago.

Many little hands can make big things happen! In this exhibit, kids learn that teaming up and working together makes things easier.

Exhibit Closed: The Discovery Maze is temporarily closed for refurbishment, cleaning, and other improvements.

Learn how to care for any new additions to the family in a child-sized day care center.

Children run everything in this grocery store!  Be a stocker, baker, cashier, or shopper in this pretend environment.

Now open with brand-new improvements:

Roll up your sleeves and help construct a beautiful new house. When you’ve finished the building, don’t forget to add some decorations!

It’s time to make a little noise! Discover how sounds make music, and how music makes you feel in this melodious exhibit.

Explore plants and animals up close in the Backyard and the Fantasy Forest to get a new appreciation for all the gifts Mother Nature has provided us!

Kittens and puppies and fish, oh my! Explore our pet vet office and learn a new respect for all creatures great and small.

Letters make words, words make sentences, and sentences make stories. A world of knowledge awaits at the library!

Got the munchies? At our play Potbelly café, children get to try their hand at working the lunch hour and making pretend meals for diners.

Here, children can explore scientific properties of water, practical everyday functions of water, and even some of the most imaginative artistic uses of water they’ve ever seen!