The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small. Major cultural institutions include:
- the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
- Lincoln Park's Lincoln Park Zoo, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Steppenwolf Theatre;
- the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium in the Near South Side's Museum Campus;
- the Museum of Science and Industry, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa, Smart Museum of Art, and DuSable Museum in Hyde Park;
- the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Second City comedy troupe, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Near North Side;
- the Garfield Park Conservatory;
- and Pilsen's National Museum of Mexican Art;
- as well as the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Block Museum of Art, and Morton Arboretum in nearby suburbs.