KAON '99 Accompanying Persons program

On the Monday and Tuesday of the conference, there will be excursions for persons who are accompanying conference participants. These will include private tours of two historic house museums, Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House of 1906 and Glessner House, the 1887 Prairie Avenue mansion designed for industrialist John J. Glessner by Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson. There will also be a guided architectural walking tour of the University of Chicago's Gothic-inspired campus and a visit to one of Chicago's renowned museums.


Monday 21 June

10:00-12:00
University of Chicago, Hyde Park
Architectural walking tour of Campus
Guided tour of Robie House
12:30-3:30
Chicago Museum Campus
Lunch at the Shedd Aquarium
Visits to selected exhibits:
         Shedd Aquarium
         Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
         Field Museum of Natural HIstory


Tuesday 22 June

10:00-11:30
Prairie Avenue Historic District
Private tour of Glessner House
Tour of National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
12:00-3:00 Chicago Historical Society
Lunch at the Big Shoulders Cafe
Visits to exhibits


Revised: 05/21/99