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Interesting Participatory Art but Make This Lower on the Priority List of Chicago Museums

Definitely an interesting museum for looking at art from a different perspective. Most reviews say... read more

Reviewed 18 June 2024
Baseball_Traveler02
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Austin, Texas
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Meh - over priced and be prepared for the influencers

Took our 3 year old daughter, she had fun, but this place is also a nightmare if you can't handle... read more

Reviewed 19 March 2024
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Chicago, Illinois
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Reviewed 29 April 2024

This was a fun way to spend a rainy afternoon in Chicago! WNDR was everything we hoped it would be! We were in town for a concert and decided to spend a couple of days exploring Chicago. I'd seen it was going to rain our last afternoon in town and thought this would be a good way to spend our last couple hours there. It was perfect. I'm 45, and my daughter and her friend are both 19, and we all had a great time. We even played an intense game of giant Uno in the lounge upstairs. They have giant Jenga, Giant Connect Four, and some other games, as well as some refreshments and adult beverages for sale. They had two people doing poetry for donation when we were there as well, which I thought was pretty cool. Overall, it was a fun experience!

Date of experience: April 2024
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Reviewed 19 March 2024

Took our 3 year old daughter, she had fun, but this place is also a nightmare if you can't handle the "influencers in the wild". Way over priced as well at about $45 / ticket after fees.

Got some fun pics, was mildly entertaining, but also off-putting with lines at each installation of people looking to get their Insta pics.

Date of experience: March 2024
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Reviewed 6 January 2024

Overall it was definitely a cool place HOWEVER way too short of an experience for how expensive it is. Wishing there was more. We went during their winter escape special event. When we got to the exit of the museum we had to go back and ask the employee where the special exhibit was. It ended up being just a video of lake Michigan in the winter. Extremely disappointing. The museum says 1-1.5 hours to navigate through but it was definitely more like 20-30 minutes at best.

Date of experience: January 2024
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WNDR C, General Manager at WNDR Museum Chicago, responded to this reviewResponded 10 January 2024

Hello! Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry your experience was not what you expected.

Our museum space and exhibits were transformed for winter wonderland theme, Iced Inn, with the addition of the Iced Inn Lounge, you should've received a complimentary s'mores pass as part of our food and bev experience. Our exhibits for Iced Inn were thematically and visually chilly with icy blues and white hues. A lot of our exhibits require guest interaction and we apologize if you did not have the chance to experience it fully.


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Reviewed 29 December 2023 via mobile

This was a waste of time. Several of the exhibitions were broken- sensors not noticing us standing in the correct position. The first room, blue room , seasonal fireplace and one other not working. This cost almost $200 for a family of 4 and we went over a year ago and it was awesome. This new change cut corners and was terrible. We spent more time waiting to go into an exhibit than seeing the entire place.

Go to Illusions or Color Factory instead.

Totally disappointing!

Date of experience: December 2023
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Reviewed 7 December 2023 via mobile

Cute but way too overpriced gor this very short and very small museum.I felt ripped off by the end of it.I don’t recommend.If no photos taken you can go through the whole thing in 15 minutes

Date of experience: November 2023
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