Chicago Bridgehouse Museum - Worth a Visit?

The Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum re-opens for the summer season on May 15, but is it worth a visit?

My recommendation is a qualified but warm yes. Here are the four points I think you should know before you go:

• Go to understand our city's extraordinary collection of bridges and to get unique peeks (like the one above) of the city's landscape.
• Also go to get a sense of the Chicago River's history as an expressway of commerce and a natural resource.
• Don't make it your only reason for heading to Michigan Avenue. It's a small museum and you'll move through it quickly, so tack on something else or duck in for a quick visit during your lunch hour.
• Know that the museum is very poorly accessible for persons with physical disabilities. It's an actual bridgehouse, so it's very vertical and, therefore, loaded with stairs.

Read more about these points, in addition to getting the museum's location and hours, in my Guide to the Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum.

You can also take a photo tour of the Chicago Bridgehouse & River Museum here.

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