KENNETH C GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: KENNETH C GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (EIN 36-2167797)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-09-29
IRS object ID: 201702729349300705
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-09-29T08:40:38-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RSM US LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 S WACKER DRIVE STE 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHICAGO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	362167797	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Museum of Science and Industry	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MUSE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7736841414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5700 S Lake Shore Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606372093	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Rose B Fealy	PersonNm
Person Title	VP Finance & Admin/CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7736841414	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-09-29	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Wayne Harder	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00294296	PTIN
Phone	3126343400	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	108.171.131.188	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	David R Mosena	PrincipalOfficerNm

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606372093	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$98,514,490	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.msichicago.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1933	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Museum of Science and Industry seeks to further public understanding of science, technology and industry by providing visitors with integrated learning experiences.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Voting Members Independent	106	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	636	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	502	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$1,930,015	TotalGrossUBIAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue	$17,973,049	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$11,171,194	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,625,404	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$5,442,175	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$7,208,475	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$89,551,353	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$60,092,008	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$7,700	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$6,700	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$25,683,166	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
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CY Total Fundraising Expense	$5,926,029	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$34,649,960	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$36,753,229	CYOtherExpensesAmt
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CY Total Expenses	$64,390,473	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$29,210,527	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$4,298,465	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$278,315,575	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$276,251,494	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$73,360,703	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$70,453,143	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$204,954,872	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$205,798,351	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The Museum of Science and Industry (the Museum) in Chicago is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere and home to thousands of exhibits and artifacts. For more than 80 years, the Museum has been a premier destination in Chicago. The Museum's mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone, and its vision is to inspire and motivate children to achieve their full potential in science, technology, medicine and engineering. Approximately 340,000 students are among the nearly 1.5 million guests that visit each year. Through its Center for the Advancement of Science Education (CASE), the Museum reaches thousands of students and teachers through special programs, learning labs and educator workshops.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$25,440,856	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$10,023,582	RevenueAmt
Desc	Museum and Operations, which include guest services and exhibit maintenance. These expenses support the Museum's vision of inspiring and motivating children to achieve their full potential in science, technology and engineering by providing guests and teachers with integrated learning experiences and programming that is centered on exciting and interactive exhibits that help explain how science directly impacts our daily lives.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$12,196,449	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$5,446,914	RevenueAmt
Desc	World-class permanent exhibitions which include Science Storms, a 26,000-square-foot exhibit that reveals the extraordinary science behind some of nature's most powerful and compelling phenomena; Numbers in Nature, an exhibit that exposes and explains hidden patterns in the natural world and features a 1,800-square-foot mirror maze; and You! The Experience, a 15,000-square-foot exhibit that explores the human mind, body and spirit. Other favorite experiences include the U-505 Submarine, the only German U-boat captured during World War II, surrounded by more than 30,000 square feet of artifacts and interactive activities; the Coal Mine, a reproduction of an Illinois coal mine that takes guests down 50 feet in a real hoist to the bottom of a mineshaft; Future Energy Chicago, a multi-player visual simulation where teams of guests work together to develop a greener city; The Great Train Story, a dynamic model display that illustrates modern rail operation; and the Omnimax Theater, which features educational films, rich in content and presented on Chicago's only five-story, domed wrap-around movie screen.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$6,535,058	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$6,700	GrantAmt
Revenue	$464,118	RevenueAmt
Desc	Educational Programs and Activities, which include the Museum's Center for the Advancement of Science Education (CASE) impacts guests and students in the building and in their communities in a variety of ways. MSI offers live science demonstrations, facilitated learning labs for school groups, free teacher development and training, online experiments and lesson plans, after-school science club networks in underserved communities, and a club for teens that helps them learn science skills as they prepare for college.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$3,074,970	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,776,406	RevenueAmt
Desc	Retail and supporting services represent various program offerings that enhance the guest experience. These include the Omnimax theater, museum store, food services, and parking services.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$3,776,406	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$47,247,333	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (1)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	0	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	0	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
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PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	153	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	636	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	107	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	106	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Jonathan Assell	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7736841414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5700 S Lake Shore Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606372093	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (130 entries)

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Kent P Dauten
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John A Canning Jr
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Allan E Bulley Jr
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Alison L Chung
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Frank M Clark
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael W Ferro Jr
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James A Gordon
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jay L Henderson
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert A Livingston
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Barry L MacLean
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Sheila A Penrose
Vice Chairman/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey S Aronin
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William C Bartholomay
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christopher B Begy
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Charles K Bobrinskoy
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David C Bohnett
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Matthew J Boler
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Barbara L Bowles
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Byron T Brazier DMin
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michelle L Collins
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christopher M Crane
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James S Crown
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kenneth K Dort
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ann M Drake
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James J Drury III
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
W James Farrell
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David A Fisher
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dennis J FitzSimons
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James J Fuentes
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Matthew R Gibson
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ronald J Gidwitz
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James T Glerum Jr
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William M Goodyear
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James A Gray
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Catherine P Greenspon
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard P Grimley
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Doug C Grissom
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Betsy D Holden
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David R Hopping
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Edward L Kaplan
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael P Krasny
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Avis LaVelle
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Eric P Lefkofsky
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Charles A Lewis
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
H John Livingston
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christopher B Lorenzen
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Duncan A L MacLean
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Matthew M Maloney
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Walter E Massey PhD
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Andrew J McKenna
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William L Morrison
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Oscar Munoz
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert S Murley
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William A Mynatt Jr
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert F Paisin
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James M Peck
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jason Pritzker
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Scott A Rafferty
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
J Christopher Reyes
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Larry D Richman
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Desire Rogers
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jesse H Ruiz
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James T Ryan
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael J Sacks
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Juan Salgado
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Manuel Sanchez
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John F Sandner
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
E Scott Santi
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ronald M Saslow
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Smita Shah
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ilan Shalit
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gregory D Smith
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Melody A Spann-Cooper
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
J Douglas Sparkman
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Byron O Spruell
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Thierer
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth M Thompson
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ralph Wanger
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gregory D Wasson
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ann C Williams
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas J Wilson
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Neal S Zucker
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rhett W Butler
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Peter R Carney
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Frank W Considine
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lester Crown
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Victor J Danilov EdD
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert J Darnall
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William J Devers Jr
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jere D Fluno
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David W Grainger
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
J Ira Harris
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard M Jaffee
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James R Kackley
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John P Keller
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Fredrick A Krehbiel
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Leon M Lederman PhD
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard H Lenny
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Edward M Liddy
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Charles S Locke
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas L Martin Jr PhD
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Robert S Morrison
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Terry E Newman
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John D Nichols
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James J O'Connor
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Wlliam A Osborn
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Walter R Peirson
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cindy Pritzker
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Louis A Simpson
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James A Skinner
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
S Jay Stewart
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Eugene A Tracy
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Arthur R Velasquez
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Arnold R Weber PhD
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William L Weiss
Life Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David R Mosena
President/Trustee	35.00	Yes (X)	$648,458	$0	$21,154	Yes (X)
David J Vitale
Treasurer/Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Eileen M Cabrera
Secretary/Assistant to President	35.00		$97,864	$0	$14,055	Yes (X)
Kurt E Haunfelner
VP - Exhibits and Collections	35.00		$260,888	$0	$14,907	Yes (X)
Matthew C Simpson
VP - Marketing/Public Relations	35.00		$233,044	$0	$27,163	Yes (X)
Yolanda Stephens
VP - Human Resources	35.00		$173,771	$0	$21,705	Yes (X)
Andrea J Ingram
VP - Education and Guest Services	35.00		$231,581	$0	$14,787	Yes (X)
Sheila M Cawley
VP - External Affairs	35.00		$257,161	$0	$26,811	Yes (X)
Rose B Fealy
VP - Finance & Administration/CFO	35.00		$241,468	$0	$13,100	Yes (X)
Mary Krinock
Chief of Staff	35.00		$173,696	$0	$13,240	Yes (X)
Edward McDonald
Director of Facilities	35.00		$143,288	$0	$17,775		Yes (X)
Anne Rashford
Director of Temporary Exhibits	35.00		$147,231	$0	$12,555		Yes (X)
Bryan Wunar
Director of Community Initiatives	35.00		$128,653	$0	$24,014		Yes (X)
Christopher Wilson
Director of Exhibit Projects & Ops.	35.00		$130,049	$0	$20,137		Yes (X)
Nicole Kowrach
Director of Teaching & Learning	35.00		$138,172	$0	$4,390		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,005,324	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$245,793	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	32	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
MediaOceanMBuy
120 S Riverside Plaza Suite 1900	Chicago	IL	60606	Advertising	$1,956,121
Ravenswood Studio Inc
6900 N Central Park Avenue	Lincolnwood	IL	60712	Specialized Designs	$1,872,774
Midway Building Services
1915 W Hubbard Street	Chicago	IL	60622	Janitorial	$1,663,463
AlliedBarton Security Services LLC
PO Box 828854	Philadelphia	PA	19182	Security	$1,359,761
Berglund Construction Company
8410 S Chicago Avenue	Chicago	IL	60617	Construction	$1,356,726

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	46	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$3,648,245	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$2,387,749	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$6,918,680	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$20,330,406	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$956,128	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$33,285,080	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
General Admissions	900099	$10,023,582	$10,023,582
Special Exhibits	900099	$2,037,016	$2,037,016
Omnimax Theater	900099	$1,495,970	$1,495,970
U-505 Permanent Exhibits	900099	$1,495,836	$1,495,836

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,920,645	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,920,645	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$17,973,049	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,574,658	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,574,658	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$17,612	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$17,612	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,172,495	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$594,963	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$577,532	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$577,532	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$577,532	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$36,041,824	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$36,926,561	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$64,517	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$884,737	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$64,517	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$949,254	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$949,254	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$102,225	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$2,387,749	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$511,414	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$409,189	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$409,189	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$3,250	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$9,800	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$6,550	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$6,550	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$986,394	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$315,227	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$671,167	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$608,590	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$62,577	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Parking and Other Guest Services	900099	$2,183,003	$2,183,003
Food Court	722514	$1,391,486	$1,391,486
Sponsorship Revenues	900099	$295,000	$295,000

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,488,414	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,744,521	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$743,893	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$6,357,903	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$60,092,008	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$19,711,020	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,930,015	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$5,165,893	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,700	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,484,854	TotalAmt
Program Services	$522,164	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,678,718	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$283,972	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,872,615	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,794,350	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,047,661	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,030,604	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$460,830	TotalAmt
Program Services	$279,836	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$130,194	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$50,800	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,268,007	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,895,260	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,031,960	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$340,787	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,544,238	TotalAmt
Program Services	$937,728	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$436,280	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$170,230	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$224,570	TotalAmt
Program Services	$224,570	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$173,917	TotalAmt
Management And General	$173,917	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,473	TotalAmt
Management And General	$97,473	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,242	TotalAmt
Management And General	$217,242	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,548,716	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,060,450	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$451,357	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,909	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,051,027	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,630,727	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$377,831	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$42,469	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,046,360	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,302,795	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$141,365	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$602,200	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,881,148	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,327	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$835,596	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,014,225	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,660,509	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,660,509	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,185,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$654,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$205,270	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$326,524	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$398,130	TotalAmt
Management And General	$398,130	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,017,952	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,017,952	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$334,807	TotalAmt
Management And General	$334,807	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Bank & Credit Card Fees	$1,235,044	$1,235,044
Program Development	$614,382	$150,765	$153,344	$310,273
Training/Recruitment	$584,748	$304,823	$211,088	$68,837
Exhibit Rental Expense	$195,000	$195,000

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,286,355	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,343,278	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$294,878	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$648,199	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,390,473	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,247,333	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,217,111	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,926,029	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,373,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,123,504	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,960,590	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,611,375	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,843,452	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,839,054	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,210,464	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,576,236	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$447,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$389,807	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,008,551	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,358,264	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$359,498,328	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$218,428,374	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$145,936,171	BOYAmt
EOY	$141,069,954	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,420,090	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,124,525	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,542,549	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,213,287	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,572,721	BOYAmt
EOY	$945,488	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$278,315,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$276,251,494	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,502,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,882,294	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,098,053	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,746,663	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,120,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$58,697,684	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,075,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,565,360	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,126,502	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,360,703	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,453,143	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$148,906,756	BOYAmt
EOY	$148,040,398	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,035,224	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,545,673	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,012,892	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,212,280	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$204,954,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$205,798,351	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$278,315,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$276,251,494	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$4,298,465	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$4,785,784	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$222,562	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$133,598	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$20,233,420	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16,744,534	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$20,572,431	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$47,923,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$27,598,744	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$133,072,629	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,592,178	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,607,427	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,690,148	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,717,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,686,336	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,293,210	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,825,598	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,351,961	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$26,262,579	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$53,640,621	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$33,285,080	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$161,365,839	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$16,193,039	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$145,172,800	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,470,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,679,136	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,792,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,243,107	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,592,270	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$13,777,776	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,236,692	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,793,450	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,809,840	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,491,024	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,782,062	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$22,113,068	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$197,256,683	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$94,025,635	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73600	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.73690	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Miscellaneous Revenue - 2012 Amount: $ 38,580. 2013 Amount: $ 77,625. 2014 Amount: $ 383,074. 2015 Amount: $ 528,685. 2016 Amount: $ 1,715,032. Film Lease Revenue - 2016 Amount: $ 29,489. Film Product Revenue - 2012 Amount: $ 39,525. 2013 Amount: $ 11,350. 2014 Amount: $ 530. 2015 Amount: $ 2,200. 2016 Amount: $ 0. Food Court Revenue - 2012 Amount: $ 1,026,742. 2013 Amount: $ 924,689. 2014 Amount: $ 976,195. 2015 Amount: $ 1,440,473. 2016 Amount: $ 1,391,486. Parking and Other Services - 2012 Amount: $ 2,289,315. 2013 Amount: $ 2,373,924. 2014 Amount: $ 2,022,752. 2015 Amount: $ 2,130,556. 2016 Amount: $ 2,183,003. Sponsorship Revenue - 2012 Amount: $ 687,000. 2013 Amount: $ 225,000. 2014 Amount: $ 240,000. 2015 Amount: $ 249,035. 2016 Amount: $ 295,000. Fundraising Events Revenue - 2012 Amount: $ 116,713. 2013 Amount: $ 156,742. 2014 Amount: $ 129,441. 2015 Amount: $ 74,056. 2016 Amount: $ 102,225. Gaming Revenue - 2012 Amount: $ 8,750. 2013 Amount: $ 8,600. 2014 Amount: $ 5,950. 2015 Amount: $ 6,200. 2016 Amount: $ 3,250. Sales of Inventory - 2012 Amount: $ 30,067. 2013 Amount: $ 15,520. 2014 Amount: $ 51,898. 2015 Amount: $ 59,819. 2016 Amount: $ 62,577.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	0	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (1)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (1)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$76,229	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	0	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$76,229	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part II-B, Line 1b:	Make direct contact with covered federal and state officials as it relates to the Museum's needs.
Part II-B, Line 1g:	Strategic counsel, government affairs and lobbying.

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$10,868,470	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,220,229	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,201,831	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$407,047	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$18,883,483	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,500,746	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,995,679	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$293,255	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$334,700	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$10,868,470	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,661,559	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$107,782	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$273,595	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$6,500,746	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$6,071,608	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$50,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$746,022	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$206,071	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$6,661,559	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$5,661,624	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$640,276	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$230,292	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$6,071,608	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.94030	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.05970	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$170,839,713	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$89,677,247	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$81,162,466	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$16,944,095	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$12,859,411	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,084,684	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$171,714,520	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$115,891,716	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$55,822,804	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$141,069,954	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Equity Funds	$19,302,393	F
Fixed Income Funds	$15,870,874	F
Corporate Bonds	$1,040,020	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$36,213,287	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Interest Rate Swap	$810,343
Pension Liability	$359,183
Asset Retirement Obligation	$977,773
Funds on Deposit	$210,124
Purchase Agreement	$1,769,079

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,126,502	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$66,103,736	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$4,785,784	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$222,562	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$1,431,404	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$6,439,750	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$59,663,986	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$217,242	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$210,780	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$428,022	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$60,092,008	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$65,387,155	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$1,431,404	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,431,404	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$63,955,751	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$217,242	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$217,480	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$434,722	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$64,390,473	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1a:	The Museum's permanent collections, which were acquired since the Museum's inception through purchases and contributions from benefactors, are not recognized as assets on the statements of financial position. Purchases of collection items are recorded as decreases in unrestricted net assets in the year in which the items are acquired or as decreases in temporarily restricted net assets if the assets used to purchase the items were restricted by donors. The Museum's collections are made up of artifacts of historical significance, scientific specimens and art objects that are held for educational, research, scientific and curatorial purposes. Each of the items is cataloged, preserved and cared for, and activities verifying the items' existence and assessing their condition are performed continuously. The collections are subject to the Museum's policy that requires proceeds from their sales to be used to acquire other items for collections.
Part III, Line 4:	The Museum's collection - with almost 40,000 objects that showcase advances in science, industry and technology - serves to create spectacular exhibits and experiences that excite and inspire Museum guests and further the Museum's mission and vision. Remarkable artifacts in the collection include the 700-ton U-505 submarine; a real United 727 airplane; the Pioneer Zephyr, the train that set the speed record in 1934; a British Spitfire WWII plane; a collection of carefully preserved human anatomical slices and fetuses; and much more. The Museum's collections are designed to spark scientific inquiry and creativity to motivate children to achieve their full potential in science, technology, medicine and engineering in furtherance of the Museum's exempt purpose.
Part V, Line 4:	The organization's endowment funds are meant to serve as a source of financial support of the Museum's mission. A portion of annual endowment earnings are used to support museum general operations. Earnings are directed to specific elements of the Museum's operations as directed by donor restrictions on respective contributions to the endowment.
Part X, Line 2:	The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance that requires tax effects from uncertain tax positions to be recognized in the financial statements only if the position is more likely than not to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. Management has determined that there are no material uncertain positions that require recognition in the financial statements. There are no tax positions for which a material change in any unrecognized tax benefit or liability is reasonably possible in the next twelve months. The Museum has federal net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future unrelated business taxable income. The net operating loss carryforwards expire through 2035 and total approximately $4,200,000 and $4,400,000 at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, management has determined the likelihood of realizing the benefit from a future reversal of the net operating loss carryforwards is uncertain. Therefore, a 100% allowance has been applied to the deferred tax assets associated with the net operating loss carryforwards of $1,638,000 and $1,716,000 at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Museum files Forms 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and the State of Illinois. Tax years before 2013 are generally no longer subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Gaming Expenses 9,800. Rental Expenses 594,963. Cost of Goods Sold 315,227. Fundraising Expenses 511,414.
Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:	Change in Value of Interest Rate Swap -249,032. Recovery of Bad Debt 459,812.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Gaming Expenses 9,800. Rental Expenses 594,963. Cost of Goods Sold 315,227. Fundraising Expenses 511,414.
Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:	Change in Value of Interest Rate Swap -249,032. Recovery of Bad Debt 459,812. Donated Chromebooks 6,700.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Black Creativity	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$521,924	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$474,299	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$47,625	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$9,800	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$105,979	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$9,000	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$64,018	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Columbian Ball	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$1,968,050	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$1,913,450	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$54,600	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$36,400	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$104,621	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$24,030	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$157,566	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$2,489,974	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$2,387,749	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$102,225	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$46,200	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$210,600	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$33,030	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$221,584	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$511,414	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$409,189	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Science Achievers - CASE Celebration	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	26	RecipientCnt
Non Cash Assistance	$6,700	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method Used	FMV	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	Chromebook laptops	NonCashAssistanceDesc

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Laptop computers are provided to high school students enrolled in the Museum's Science Achievers program. The students elected to receive the computers were graduating from high school and preparing to attend college.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
David R Mosena
President/Trustee	$533,742	$0	$100,000	$0	$14,716	$0	$7,950	$0	$13,204	$0	$669,612	$0	$0	$0
Kurt E Haunfelner
VP - Exhibits and Collections	$253,876	$0	$7,000	$0	$12	$0	$1,572	$0	$13,335	$0	$275,795	$0	$0	$0
Matthew C Simpson
VP - Marketing/Public Relations	$226,032	$0	$7,000	$0	$12	$0	$6,968	$0	$20,195	$0	$260,207	$0	$0	$0
Yolanda Stephens
VP - Human Resources	$173,759	$0	$0	$0	$12	$0	$4,823	$0	$16,882	$0	$195,476	$0	$0	$0
Andrea J Ingram
VP - Education and Guest Services	$224,569	$0	$7,000	$0	$12	$0	$6,243	$0	$8,544	$0	$246,368	$0	$0	$0
Sheila M Cawley
VP - External Affairs	$250,149	$0	$7,000	$0	$12	$0	$6,801	$0	$20,010	$0	$283,972	$0	$0	$0
Rose B Fealy
VP - Finance & Administration/CFO	$234,456	$0	$7,000	$0	$12	$0	$4,915	$0	$8,185	$0	$254,568	$0	$0	$0
Mary Krinock
Chief of Staff	$166,684	$0	$7,000	$0	$12	$0	$5,070	$0	$8,170	$0	$186,936	$0	$0	$0
Edward McDonald
Director of Facilities	$143,276	$0	$0	$0	$12	$0	$4,487	$0	$13,288	$0	$161,063	$0	$0	$0
Anne Rashford
Director of Temporary Exhibits	$144,678	$0	$2,541	$0	$12	$0	$4,421	$0	$8,134	$0	$159,786	$0	$0	$0
Bryan Wunar
Director of Community Initiatives	$128,641	$0	$0	$0	$12	$0	$3,876	$0	$20,138	$0	$152,667	$0	$0	$0
Christopher Wilson
Director of Exhibit Projects & Ops.	$130,037	$0	$0	$0	$12	$0	$0	$0	$20,137	$0	$150,186	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 7	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The compensation committee reviewed and approved variable compensation for certain employees due to outstanding performance.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	IFA Series 2009A-D	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	851091967	BondIssuerEIN
CUSIP	45200FJ91	CUSIPNum
Bond Issued	2009-12-17	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$64,000,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	Construction, Exhibits	PurposeDesc
Defeased	0	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	0	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Retired	$4,400,000	RetiredAmt
Total Proceeds	$64,000,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Refunding Escrow	$62,937,702	RefundingEscrowAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$429,298	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Working Capital Expenditures	$633,000	WorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt
Current Refunding	Yes (1)	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	0	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (1)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (1)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	0	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	0	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	0	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	0	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	0	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	0	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	0	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	0	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	0	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	0	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	Yes (1)	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (1)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	0	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	0	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	0	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part IV, Line 2c:	Bond Counsel performed the rebate calculation for the period December 17, 2009 through December 17, 2014.
Part V, Procedures to Undertake Corrective Action:	The Museum has not violated any applicable requirements for tax exempt bonds benefiting the Museum. The Museum has not established written procedures to ensure timely identification of violations of federal tax requirements or timely correction of any identified violations, but the Museum will develop procedures in the near future.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	14	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$209,191	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Toymaker	64	$627,030	Cost/Selling Price
Yes (X)	United Airline Tickets	177	$76,807	Cost/Selling Price
Yes (X)	Columbian Ball Special Event Donations	14	$36,400	Cost/Selling Price
Yes (X)	Chromebooks	26	$6,700	Cost/Selling Price

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Column (b):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	is the number of contributions.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2	James S. Crown and Lester Crown have a family relationship. Jason Pritzker and Cindy Pritzker have a family relationship. Barry L. MacLean and Duncan A. L. MacLean have a family relationship. James S. Crown and Lester Crown have a business relationship outside of the Museum. Douglas C. Grissom and John A. Canning, Jr. have a business relationship outside of the Museum. Avis LaVelle, Jesse H. Ruiz and Juan Salgado have a business relationship outside of the Museum. Michelle L. Collins and Michael P. Krasny have a business relationship outside of the Museum. Kent P. Dauten and Larry D. Richman have a business relationship outside of the Museum. Kent P. Dauten and John A. Canning, Jr. have a business relationship outside of the Museum. J. Christopher Reyes, Michael W. Ferro, Jr., and Andrew J. McKenna serve on a board outside of the Museum. James A. Gray, David A. Fisher and William M. Goodyear serve on a board outside of the Museum. Matthew A. Maloney and David A. Fisher serve on a board outside of the Museum. David A. Fisher and Charles Bobrinsky serve on a board outside of the Museum. E. Scott Santi and Jay L. Henderson serve on a board outside of the Museum. Sheila A. Penrose, Richard H. Lenny, and Walter E. Massey serve on a board outside of the Museum. Edward M. Liddy, William A. Osborn and W. James Farrell serve on a board outside of the Museum. Jay L. Henderson and William L. Morrison serve on a board outside of the Museum. Michael W. Ferro, Jr., John A. Canning, Jr. and Michael J. Sacks serve on a board outside of the Museum. Betsy D. Holden and Dennis J. Fitzsimmons serve on a board outside of the Museum. Douglas C. Grissom, Kent P. Dauten and John A. Canning, Jr. serve on a board outside of the Museum. J. Christopher Reyes and Andrew J. McKenna serve on a board outside of the Museum. Michelle L. Collins and Gregory D. Wasson serve on a board outside of the Museum. Larry D. Richman and Michelle L. Collins serve on a board outside of the Museum.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The Museum's Form 990 is prepared by an external public accounting firm who provides drafts for internal review. After the internal review, these drafts are updated, and a final draft is reviewed by the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is made available to the Trustees electronically for their review, prior to electronically filing with the Internal Revenue Service.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The Museum formally sends a conflict of interest questionnaire annually to trustees, officers and employees. The Museum's compliance officer reviews the results of the questionnaires and investigates any reported potential conflicts for resolution as necessary. From time to time, the Museum conducts business with publicly traded companies at which certain Museum board members have an employment or board relationship. Business with these companies is entered into at arms-length and through the Museum's standard procurement process without influence from the interested board member(s). Any conflicts are resolved when interested board members excuse themselves when voting on matters related to the public company in which they serve.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors oversees and approves the compensation for the executive staff of the Museum. Individual performance is evaluated by established goals and objectives which support MSI's mission and priorities. These goals and objectives are reviewed annually as part of the Museum's performance management process. The process consists of: 1. The Compensation Committee meets annually at the end of Q1 to review and make decisions on all executive (CEO and VP's) compensation. 2. Individual performance is evaluated against goals and objectives that support MSI's mission and strategic priorities. 3. From time to time, HR prepares a compensation benchmark analysis consisting of peer institutions to ensure executive compensation remains competitive within industry and reasonable. 4. Each year, MSI leadership team determines if merit increases will be awarded to Museum staff. The VP of HR facilitates and drives this process to ensure consistency and fairness across the Museum. 5. The process is contemporaneously documented.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18	The Museum posted a copy of its 2015 Form 990 on its website and made copies of 2013, 2014, 2015 Form 990 and 990-T publicly available upon request. As the Museum filed the application for recognition of exemption, Form 1023 before July 15, 1987, it need not be made publicly available.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Museum's annual report and the financial statements are made available to the public via the Museum's website and upon request, respectively. Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC section 6104(d).
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	Change in Value of Life Insurance Policy 21,629. Gain on Film Consortium Investment 51,205. Chromebooks Donation 6,700. Change in Value of Asset Retirement Obligation -53,461. Minimum Pension Liability 107,525.