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Top Experiences in University of Chicago

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Chicago Private Tours

Chicago Private Custom City Tour with Hotel Pick Up

USD 489

PRICE IS PER VEHICLE AND YOU MAY BRING UP TO 5 PASSENGERS.  Thank you for contacting Chicago Private Tours! We would love to help your group discover Chicago.  Our services include pick up from your downtown Chicago hotel, a 3-4 hour private City Tour in a chauffeured vehicle, and the services of one of our knowledgeable guides. This means you will have two people working with you the entire time, allowing you to get out of the vehicle with your guide at several stops. These stops include, but are not limited to Millennium Park, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Museum Campus, and more.  The tour will be interactive and entertaining, covering history, architecture and culture.  We share stories to bring Chicago's rich history to life. Once the tour concludes, we will drop your group off at your preferred, downtown Chicago location.
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VoiceMap

A Storied Neighborhood: A Self-Guided Audio Tour with Bill Ayers

USD 5.4

This self-guided audio tour begins at the Laboratory Schools founded by John Dewey, and winds through the University of Chicago. Along the way, walkers will encounter world-renowned architects and Nobel Laureates, robber barons and artists, the DuSable Museum of African American History and the birthplace of the Atomic Age.

In storied Washington Park, there may be soccer or cricket matches underway, bicycle rallies or softball games in progress, waves of runners or families gathered for a picnic. From there it's a short stroll to the home of President Barack Obama and his family.

You guide is William Ayers, a former Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar. He has written extensively about social justice and democracy, education and the cultural contexts of schooling, and teaching as an essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. The tour is ready whenever you are, simply download it onto the VoiceMap app and select Start Tour.
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Chicago Architecture Center

Chicago Architectural Highlights Bus Tour

USD 50

Discover the exciting diversity of Chicago’s world famous architecture as we trace its development from the early days up to the present.

Travel through unique neighborhoods such as the Loop, Hyde Park and Kenwood, Bronzeville, the Gold Coast and the Magnificent Mile as we visit architectural masterpieces by world famous architects. Off coach stops are made in various locations to visit the architecture up close, including some interiors.