The nation’s leading collaboration of independent museums, Museums In the Park (MIP) is a partnership among Chicago’s leading museums, working with the Chicago Park District, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to build greater awareness of and support for the value of museums.

For more than 160 years, Chicago’s Museums In the Park have welcomed hundreds of millions of visitors, inspiring curiosity, knowledge, and creativity across generations. These eleven world-class museums—which offer the best of art, history, science, wildlife, and nature—crucially serve as a vital component of Chicago’s economy, the foundation of Chicago’s cultural sector, and a coalition devoted to furthering Chicago’s vibrant neighborhoods.

MIP is a 501(c)6, not-for-profit corporation.