Chicago - Museum Campus / Eternal Flame of Hope - by Richard Hunt

 

Eternal Flame of Hope - Monument for Special Olympics - by Richard Hunt

Eternal Flame of Hope - A monument for Special Olympics

- by Richard Hunt 

2018

Stainless steel / 30 feet tall

A Monument for Special Olympics at the site of the first games 

50 years ago on July 20, 1968

The Monument "Eternal Flame of Hope"

celebrates Chicago as the Birthplace of Special Olympics.

Location: Soldier Field's North Lawn

off of McFetridge Drive

Chicago - Museum Campus / Tribute to Freedom and Water Wall

Tribute to Freedom

Tribute to Freedom

Installed: 2003

Relief -Sculptures by Anna Koh Varilla and Jeffrey Hanson Varilla

Location: North entrance to Soldier Field

 

 

Chicago - Museum Campus / Field Museum / Totem Pole : Big Beaver - by Norman Tait

Big Beaver Totem Pole - by Norman Tait

Totem: Big Beaver 

Carver: Norman Tait 

Installed: 1982 

Description: Cedar, H 65 ft.

Commissioned by The Field Museum

Location: The Field Museum 

1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Museum Campus

Chicago - Museum Campus / Field Museum / Steel Replica of Brachiosaurus Dinosaur

 

Brachiosaurus

Steel Replica of Brachiosaurus Dinosaur

1999 - 2022

The replica is made from casts of a dinosaur discovered in 1900 by Field Museum paleontologist Elmer Riggs

In mid-2022 the replica was dismantled and removed due to severe damage, cracking and rust. The steel bones were recycled.

Location: Field Museum

West Terrace of Field Museum

Chicago - Museum Campus / Field Museum / Sue - the T.rex

 

Sue - the T.rex



Sue the T.rex

Sue is the largest Tyrannosaurus res specimen discovered.

Sue arrived at Field Museum in 1997,
and was unveiled in 2000

Age: 67 million years

Sue's sex is unknown. The T.rex is known for Sue Hendrickson, who discovered the dinosaur in 1990, during an excavation trip north of Faith, South Dakota.

Location: The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

Chicago - Museum Campus / Field Museum / Replica of colossal Olmec Head # 8

Replica of Colossal Olmec Head #8

Replica of colossal Olemec Head # 8

Head of Veracruz leader, Ignacio Perez Solano

Description: Stone, H 7 ft. 3 in, 1700 pound 

Location: The Field Museum lawn

1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Museum Campus

Chicago - Museum Campus / Shedd Aquarium / Man with Fish - by Stephan Balkenhol

Man with Fish - by Stephan Balkenhol

 

Man with Fish  - by Stephan Balkenhol

2001

Gift to Shedd Aquarium by William N. Sick

in honor of his wife Stephanie

Location: Shedd Aquarium - southwest entrance

Chicago - Museum Campus / Adler Planetarium / Sundial "Man Enters the Cosmos" - by Henry Moore

Sundial "Man Enters Cosmos" - by Henry Moore

Sundial "Man Enters the Cosmos"

Sculptor: Sir Henry Moore 

Installed: 1980

Description: Bronze, H 13 ft.

Location: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, 

Entry Plaza Solidarity (Achsah Bond) Dr., Museum Campus 

Commissioned by the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Copernicus

Chicago - Museum Campus / Adler Planetarium Plaza / America's Courtyard - by Denise Milan and Ary Perez

America's Courtyard - by Denise Milan and Ary Perez

Above Image: America's Courtyard with artist Denise Milan

America's Courtyard 

Artist: Denise Milan and Ary Perez

Description: granite and marble block installation

56 pieces granite and 4 pieces marble

Location: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum

1300 S Lake Shore Drive Museum Campus 

Chicago - Museum Campus / Adler Planetarium / Spiral Galaxy, A Work in Progress - by John David Mooney

Spiral Galaxy - John David Mooney

Spiral Galaxy, A Work in progress

By John David Mooney

1998.. originally at Pie Walk, 1998

Location: Adler Planetarium, Museum Campus

Chicago - Museum Campus / Monuments on the "Solidarity Drive"

Solidarity Drive ...
The road between the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium was named the "Solidarity Drive" in 1998 ... after reconstruction of 2,800 linear feet of shoreline. Improvements included the construction of step stone revetment.

The choice of name "Solidarity Drive" is in commemoration of Lech Walesa's ultimately successful movement to bring freedom to Poland named "Solidarity Movement". This road is lined with three statues...
# Nicolaus Copernicus
# Karel Havlicek
# Thaddeus Kosciuzsko
Point to note is that, Chicago has the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw ... And many times in history, Chicago's Polish polulation has outnumbered Polish population in Warsaw..

Chicago - Museum Campus / Gold Star Families Memorial and Park

Gold Star Families Memorial Park

The Gold Star Families Memorial and Park

Location: Burnham Park, along Lake Michigan on the east side of Soldier Field. It is nearly five acres extending from McFetridge Drive on the North to Waldron Drive on the South.

The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation ensured that the design of the park would be as exceptional as the men and women it honors.

Chicago - Museum Campus / Burnham Park / Soldier Field Children's Garden

Geography Earth at the Soldier Field Children's Garden

 

Soldier Field Children's Garden

Installed: 2002

Landscape Architect: Lindsay Schaudt

Location: Northeast of Soldier Field, South of McFetridge Drive

Chicago - Northerly Island / Daphne Garden - by Dessa Kirk

Daphne Garden - by Dessa Kirk

The Daphne Garden - by Dessa Kirk 

Location: Northerly Island 

These three figurative sculptures of Daphne are all made from scraps of discarded Cadillac cars. One the the themes of this Chicago based artist of Dessa Kirk, is to find hidden beauty in ugliness.

Chicago - Museum Campus / Balbo Monument

Balbo Monument

Balbo was a fascist and the monument was a gift from Mussolini to the people of Chicago for their generosity in naming a street in honor of Balbo after the 1933 worlds fair held at Chicago.