ITINERARY

DAY 01: ARRIVAL AT CHICAGO AND VISIT NAVY PIER

Meet at the School and proceed to Atlanta Airport.

Tour Manager will meet the group at the school.

Flight # TBD; departs from ATL Airport.

Arrive at Chicago Airport. After collecting the bags, proceed to Navy Pier.

Free time at Navy Pier, Chicago.

Enjoy the city view from Centennial Wheel. 

Proceed to hotel & check in.

Stay overnight at Chicago. 

DAY 02: FULL DAY AT ADLER PLANETARIUM  

After breakfast, proceed to visit Adler Planetarium.

The Adler Planetarium welcomes young (and young at heart) people of all interests and abilities to explore space with us. Aspiring rocket engineers and kids who haven’t yet discovered their love of science will find activities and exhibitions at every turn that spark curiosity and creativity.

IMAGINE THE MOON

The Moon is our partner in space and companion in our sky. Through cycles of imagination and discovery, the Moon has inspired human creativity, learning, and exploration ever since we have looked to the sky. Imagine the Moon explores how people have imagined the Moon in the sky, the Moon as a destination in space, where the Moon came from, and how the power of human imagination continues to inspire our relationship with the Moon.

DESTINATION SOLAR SYSTEM

In Destination Solar System show, Space Jump™ technology enables explorers aboard Space Express to travel hundreds of millions of miles in seconds. Travel from one end of the Solar System to the other and back in less than a half-hour to witness firsthand—and up-close—sizzling solar flares on the Sun, liquid methane lakes on Saturn’s moon, and much more!

PLANET NINE

After 75 years as the Solar System’s farthest-flung planet, Pluto was recast as a member of a rich class of worlds: the dwarf planets beyond Neptune’s orbit.  To some, Pluto’s “demotion” from planet to dwarf planet was cause for controversy. In Planet Nine, you’ll join planetary scientists in the search for a true ninth planet much farther from home.

SKY WATCH LIVE!

Enjoy a traditional planetarium show in the museum’s Definiti Space Theater. Your very own guide will take you on a live tour through the night sky, pointing out constellations, planets, and our closest star, the sun. 

In the evening, proceed to the Architecture Cruise Tour.

Proceed to hotel and stay overnight in Chicago. 

Add-on Tour:

Tommy Guns Garage Massacre Dinner & Show

Skydeck Chicago/Willis Tower | 103rd Floor.

DAY 03: FIELD MUSEUM TOUR: STUDENTS(K-12)

After breakfast, proceed to the Field Museum.

EXHIBITIONS:

The museum’s 35 permanent exhibitions feature our core collections! See SUE, the world’s largest and most complete T-rex fossil ever found! Discover Ancient Egypt with 23 mummies inside a recreated Egyptian tomb. Step into in a full-size replica of an earth lodge, the center of life for the Pawnee people in our Native American Hall. Be dazzled by the Grainger Hall of Gems and the Hall of Jades. Meet the famous man-eating Lions of Tsavo, or journey to the glittering Aztec empire in Ancient Americas. Explore Evolving Planet, where giant sloths, woolly mammoths, and dinosaurs roam! Don’t forget to say hi to Máximo, our new Titanosaur, and the largest dinosaur ever discovered at over two stories tall! 

Start with the Field Museum Highlights:

Start the day in our grand Stanley Field Hall with a docent-led tour of the Museum’s history and highlights. You’ll be introduced to treasures of the museum’s permanent collections, including the world famous man-eating Lions of Tsavo and our fighting African elephants – part of the museum’s collection since the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.

Zoology and Limited Access Areas:

Dig into one of the non-public collections areas with a museum curatorial staff member leading the way. We’ll take you through the Zoology and Entomology departments. Get up close with real live bugs during a special presentation from a Field Museum insect expert. Hold live insects, see a scorpion glow in the dark, observe Madagascar hissing cockroaches and more! Learn about the special worker bugs that clean animal skeletons and tour the non-public third floor of the museum where our scientific staff work every day! 

Note: This tour includes basic admission, a special exhibition viewing, a private docent-led Museum Highlights tour, and a private hour-long Behind the Scenes Tour! 

Proceed to hotel, Stay Overnight in Chicago.

Add-on Tour:

Visit Willies Tower

Broadway Show in Evening (Based on show availability) 

DAY 04: DEPARTURE FROM CHICAGO

Have breakfast & checkout from the hotel. Depart for home.

Flight # TBD; departs from Chicago Airport.

Arrives at Atlanta Airport.

Meet the driver outside of the airport terminal and proceed to school.

Drop off at the school.