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Chicago museums and related cultural institutions

Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation
Cantigny
Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Children's Museum
Chicago Athenaeum International Museum of Architecture and Design
Chicago History Museum
DuPage Children's Museum
DuSable Museum of African-American History
Field Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
Goethe Institut - Chicago German Cultural Center
Kohl Children's Museum
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Morton Arboretum
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Science and Industry
National Museum of Mexican Art
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum 
The Oriental Institute
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Polish Museum of America
Shedd Aquarium

Museum associations and exhibit-related sites

American Association of Museums 
Association of Midwest Museums
CMEG Facebook Group
Exhibit Files
Exhibit Tricks
InformalScience.org
National Association for Museum Exhibition
Museum 2.0
Museum 3.0
Museum of Lost Wonder
Museums Work for Chicago
Visitor Studies Association

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Resources

100+ Years of Museum Exhibitions: A Tour of Chicago's Milestones
Developed by CMEG for the 2007 national AMA conference held in Chicago
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Recommendations for Producing Small Traveling Exhibits For Children's Museums
Kohl Children's Museum created these based on a survey of small to medium-sized children's museums (and on their own experience)
KohlChildrensMuseum.org/exhibits/rental/recommendations

“When I Grow Up I’d Like to Work in A Place Like This”
Museum Professionals’ Narratives of Their Early Interest in Museums
Journal article by Michael Spock referenced in the winter 2009 CMEG meeting
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