If you happen to make a trip with your kids to the Windy City, ensure that you spend a day at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum for total family entertainment as well as learning. Visits to these exhibits should form a part of your agenda:

The Greening Project exhibit: This is the largest exhibit, where the eco - friendly environment inspires visitors of devising means to save the planet.

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Wilderness Walk: Students and visitors can discover the area with three different kinds of recreated environments - prairie, dune, and savanna. It comes with real life lightings and sound systems, along with a variety of animal exhibits.

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Hands-on Habitat: This is a place specifically designed for kids till the age of seven where there is a two storey tree house. Kids can climb to the top and discover how trees take in water through the help of a "root pump", and also see amber "sap" running down the tree. http://www.chias.org/online/hoh/index_flash.html

Mysteries of the Marsh and Riverworks exhibit: Kids can have an encounter with swampy plants and creepy crawlies in Mysteries of the Marsh, and play with water while getting to learn too in the Riverworks exhibit.

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Butterfly Room: This is a place where butterflies flutter around merrily, allowing you to have close and personal encounters with many different species.

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You can dine at one of the Lincoln Park restaurants near the museum, or at the museum's Butterfly Cafe. Don't forget to shop at the Nature Museum Shop for nature related products pertaining to your home and office decor. Chicago hotels near the museum will ensure that you have a place to lodge in if you intend to stay close to the place.