Jackson Park, MSI

Covering some 500 acres along Lake Michigan south of 57th Street, Jackson Park is home to the Museum of Science and Industry, one of the largest science museums in the world, with more than 35,000 artifacts in 400,000 square feet of exhibit space. It attracts more than 1.6 million visitors per year. The museum is housed in the sole remaining building of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

Jackson Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for the Columbian Exposition, now features an 18-hole golf course, beaches, lagoons and the Osaka Garden on Wooded Island. The neighborhood immediately south, Jackson Park Highlands, contains architecturally significant homes of some of Chicago’s most affluent African-American families.