Tip of the Week: A New Place to Play!

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/playlab/ (if you want a more specific link)

The new Crown Family PlayLab at the Field Museum offers six themed play areas, adding even more kid appeal to a place already packed with exhibits that will pique your child’s curiosity and imagination. Family restrooms, an eating area, stroller parking, a “book nook” and infant play zones help make the PlayLab a haven for parents, too.

Here are a few PlayLab highlights for your children:

Babies: Little music-lovers will enjoy hearing Japanese taiko drums and playing elephant bells from India in the PlayLab’s Rhythm Section.

Toddlers & Pre-K: Kids this age will go crazy digging for dinosaur bones, making rubbings of real fossils and becoming a “Jr. Paleontologist” in the Dino Field Station.

To plan your visit:

The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
312-922-9410

Hours: The museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, and the Crown Family PlayLab’s hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the last admission at 3 p.m. The museum sometimes closes early; call ahead or check the Web site before you go: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/

Parents with strollers should use the wheelchair-accessible east entrance. The museum also rents strollers.