A Preview
"You just walked across 57 acres of manufactured land, past three world-class museums, one controversial stadium, and the site of a midnight bulldozer raid. Here's what was true: The entire Museum Campus is built on garbage and coal ash. They literally made this land from trash. The Shedd Aquarium shipped 1 million gallons of seawater by train from Florida."
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 The Reveal
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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