Презентация на тему SIGHTSEEING IN CHICAGO

Sightseeing in Chicago

Chicago

Sightseeing

• Art Institute of Chicago is a world class museum with hundreds of thousands of artworks.

• Painting ;
• prints ;
• photography ;
• Sculpture ;
• decorative arts, textiles, architectural drawings .

The Art Institute of Chicago

Millennium Park

• Its centerpiece is a 110-ton sculpture name Cloud Gate, which has a polished, mirror-like stainless steel surface that was inspired by liquid mercury.

Navy Pier

• made up of 50 acres of gardens, attractions, shops, restaurants, concert venues, and parks .
•   hosts year-round festivities, including the Chicago Festival .

Navy Pier

Lincoln Park

• a six-mile stretch of green space along the edge of Lake Michigan, and Chicago's biggest park.
• Lincoln Park Conservatory ;
• Lincoln Park Zoo ;
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum ;
• Chicago History Museum .

Lincoln Park

Oriental Institute Museum

• dedicated to the archeology and art of the Near East

• antiquities from excavations in Egypt, Sudan, Nubia, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, and the ancient site of Megiddo.

Oriental Institute Museum

The Rookery Building

• was designed by architects Daniel Burnham and John Root in 1888 ;
• is listed on the Register of National Historic Places.

The Rookery Building