Sitting along Lake Shore Drive and Lake Michigan, it is part of the Museum Campus along with the Adler Planetarium and the Shedd Aquarium.

• 该博物馆位于密歇根湖畔的湖滨道上；是博物馆群的一部分；它的两边分别是 阿德勒天文宇航馆 和 谢德水族馆