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Stop 4 of 10 on Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams
Shedd Aquarium — Exterior
Museum Campus, Chicago
A Preview
"Walk toward the lake. You'll see a building that looks like a Greek temple decided to become an aquarium. The Shedd opened on May 30, 1930. It was one of the first inland aquariums in the world — and that created a problem. How do you fill an aquarium with sea water when you're a thousand miles from the ocean? You build a train."
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.
All Stops
- 1 Introduction — The Landfill with a PhD
- 2 Field Museum — Exterior
- 3 Field Museum — What's Inside
- 4 Shedd Aquarium — Exterior
- 5 Shedd Aquarium — What's Inside
- 6 Adler Planetarium — Exterior
- 7 Adler Planetarium — What's Inside
- 8 Soldier Field — The Spaceship
- 9 Northerly Island — The Land That Wasn't
- 10 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Shedd Aquarium — Exterior
This is just one of 10 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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