{"id":15864,"date":"2020-03-28T04:02:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T10:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=15864"},"modified":"2020-03-29T19:36:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T01:36:33","slug":"200-things-to-do-in-illinois-chicago-sports-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/200-things-to-do-in-illinois-chicago-sports-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"200 Things To Do In Illinois \u2013 Chicago Sports Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Illinois celebrated its bicentennial as a state in December of 2018.\u00a0 To celebrate, the Chicago Tribune published the Bicentennial Bucket List: 200 Things To Do In Illinois, celebrating the best the state has to offer in history, food, architecture, culture, sports, nature, drink, and oddities.\u00a0 With the state still shut down due to the corona virus outbreak, I figured this was the second-best time to look through this collection and cover the ones I&#8217;ve done\/eaten\/seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We continue things this week with one of the entries from the Sports category: Chicago Sports Museum, from Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hc_csm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15865\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hc_csm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hc_csm.jpg 378w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hc_csm-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Take a break from the sport of shopping to check out this museum on the seventh floor of Water Tower Place.\u00a0 Peruse an impressive collection of Cubs 2016 World Series memorabilia, including Grandpa Rossy&#8217;s Game 7 catcher&#8217;s gear.<\/p>\n<p>All of the city&#8217;s major sports teams are represented in interactive exhibits and virtual reality games, where you can shoot hoops with Scottie Pippen and do a quarterback challenge with Richard Dent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On July 5, 2018, the family headed down to the city to see <em>Heartbreak Hotel<\/em> at the Broadway Playhouse.\u00a0 Before the show, we ate dinner at Harry Caray&#8217;s 7th Inning Stretch, which is connected to the Chicago Sports Museum on the 7th level of Water Tower Place.\u00a0 While there were some interesting pieces in the museum, including Steve Stone&#8217;s Cy Young Award and Sammy Sosa&#8217;s corked bat, I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily call it a must-do attraction.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re looking to kill time while in the mall, sure, but it isn&#8217;t somewhere I feel the need to visit again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois celebrated its bicentennial as a state in December of 2018.\u00a0 To celebrate, the Chicago Tribune published the Bicentennial Bucket List: 200 Things To Do In Illinois, celebrating the best the state has to offer in history, food, architecture, culture, sports, nature, drink, and oddities.\u00a0 With the state still shut down due to the corona 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