Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

The Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

The Nature Museum as seen from the southwest
Established	1857
Location	2430 N Cannon Drive, Chicago, IL 60614
Coordinates	41°55′36″N 87°38′07″W / 41.9267°N 87.6352°W / 41.9267; -87.6352
Type	Natural history museum
Website	naturemuseum.org

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a natural history museum located in Chicago, Illinois, and operated by the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The museum traces its history to the founding collection of the academy in 1857. After a century at a nearby location, where it was the first of what eventually became eleven Chicago museum-in-the-parks, the academy opened its present museum named for benefactor Peggy Notebaert in 1999 at the intersection of Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park.^[1] The institution focuses on the natural history of the Chicago region, and offers educational programs for children and adults. It is also known for its live butterfly house, which is attached to a laboratory and program to study and enhance native Chicago area butterfly populations.