Kids and Community
Explore how you create communities, how you live in them, and how you change them through different activities on this website.
City Gallery
Is your town a Great Place or a Lousy Place? In City Gallery you can post your pictures, creative writing, and ideas about your town.
Scavenger Hunt
This Scavenger Hunt gives you fun ways to explore your community and make a scrapbook.
Metro Joe
Think you know Chicago and the ‘burbs? Grab some friends and try out your skills with the Metro Joe Game Show.
Building Big!
There are tons of things to do on this site. Try your hand at building bridges, fixing skyscrapers and digging tunnels.
World's Columbian Exposition Tour
Use your mouse to take a virtual tour of The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Online Exhibits
The Plan of Chicago:
A Regional Legacy
Learn about the Plan—the conditions that prompted it, the major recommendations, its implementation and its legacy in this highly illustrated booklet available for download or on-line viewing.
Feature Resources
The Plan of Chicago
The online Encyclopedia of Chicago has a wealth of information including a fully digitized copy of the Burnham Plan.
The Columbian Exposition
Explore Daniel Burnham’s vision of an ideal city with an interactive map of the World’s Fair of 1893.
Who is Metro Joe?
Think you know Chicago and the 'burbs? Play this online game that challenges your knowledge of the Chicago region.
Educational Programs
In and After School (K–16)
Schools and universities throughout the region are developing events and projects during the Burnham Plan Centennial.