1 Stop 1 of 12 on Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams

Introduction

Museum Campus, Chicago

A Preview

"You're standing in Grant Park, on ground Chicago made itself. This started as the burned remains of the city. After the fire of eighteen seventy-one, Chicago shoveled its own wreckage into Lake Michigan. Millions of bricks, charred timber, the ash of an entire downtown. Then it planted grass on top. Then it kept going."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Buckingham Fountain
Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams

Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams

12 stops · 47 min

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$9.99 one-time

Tour Stops

Follow the full Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Buckingham Fountain
  3. 3 Grant Park — The Fight to Keep It Empty
  4. 4 The Field Museum — A Greek Temple on Landfill
  5. 5 Sue and the Lions of Tsavo
  6. 6 Shedd Aquarium — They Shipped the Ocean
  7. 7 Solidarity Drive
  8. 8 Adler Planetarium — The First Sky in the Hemisphere
  9. 9 Northerly Island — The Airport That Was Erased Overnight
  10. 10 The Balbo Monument
  11. 11 Soldier Field
  12. 12 The Reveal

Hear the full story at Introduction

This is just one of 12 stops on the Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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