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Shedd Aquarium

South Loop

1200 S. Lake Shore Dr.

Chicago IL 60605

312 939-2438

Fax: 312 939-2195

http://www.sheddaquarium.org

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Email: groupreservations@sheddaquarium.org

        Capacity Chart

        • 15

          Minimum Group Number

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        Floor Plans

        Oceanarium

        • Reception Capacity

          1200

        Aquarium

        • Banquet Capacity

          650
        • Theater Capacity

          255
        • Reception Capacity

          1200

        Phelps Auditorium

        • Theater Capacity

          255

        Soundings Restaurant

        • Banquet Capacity

          140

        Entire Facility

        • Banquet Capacity

          650
        • Theater Capacity

          255
        • Reception Capacity

          1200
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        DESCRIPTION:

        Food for Thought is a leading provider of fine catering and event planning. For more than 25 years, it has been driven by two principles: delicious food and gracious hospitality. Food for Thought has access to venues such as The Field Museum and Chicago History Museum, and is the exclusive food service provider for the Adler Planetarium.

        Founded in 1983, Food For Thought Catering enjoys an esteemed place among Chicago special event planners. It is the exclusive caterers for the Adler Planetarium and ThunderHawk Golf Club, and is on the preferred caterer lists for such distinguished venues as The Field Museum, Chicago History Museum, Millennium Park, Caf� Brauer, and the Chicago Cultural Center.

        Food for Thought its expanded into contract foodservice operations in 1989 by developing the Food for Thought Caf� concept. Our caf�s have consistently received high marks for creative menu development, unique marketing, and innovative merchandising.

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        • Museums & Galleries

                    • Family-friendly
                    • Open Year-round

                    Directions

                    http://www.sheddaquarium.org/getting_to_shedd.html

                    • ADA-compliant
                    • ATM Machine
                    • Discounts Offered
                    • Family-friendly
                    • Motorcoach Parking Off-site
                    • Open Year-round
                    • Restaurant(s) on site
                    • Self Parking

                    At Shedd Aquarium, animals connect you to the living world, inspiring you to make a difference. From whales to snails, tarantulas to turtles, you’ll meet more than 32,000 creatures from aquatic habitats around the world. Explore Shedd’s newly renovated Oceanarium, where you can get face to face with beluga whales, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions and penguins. Polar Play Zone is a new permanent exhibit where kids and their families can play, splash, pretend and discover through hands-on activities. Take an unforgettable journey during Fantasea, the new aquatic show opening in late 2009. Then meet some of Shedd's critters up close during live animal encounters in the Waters of the World galleries, talk to a diver in the 90,000-gallon Caribbean Reef, take a walk through a flooded forest in Amazon Rising and watch sharks overhead in Wild Reef. Don't miss Granddad, the world's oldest fish! Two million annual visitors can’t be wrong: Shedd Aquarium is the “must-sea” destination in Chicago!

                     

                    At Shedd Aquarium, animals connect you to the living world, inspiring you to make a difference. From whales to snails, tarantulas to turtles, you’ll meet more than 32,000 creatures from aquatic habitats around the world. Explore Shedd’s newly renovated Oceanarium, where you can get face to face with beluga whales, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions and penguins. Polar Play Zone is a new permanent exhibit where kids and their families can play, splash, pretend and discover through hands-on activities. Take an unforgettable journey during Fantasea, the new aquatic show opening in late 2009. Then meet some of Shedd's critters up close during live animal encounters in the Waters of the World galleries, talk to a diver in the 90,000-gallon Caribbean Reef, take a walk through a flooded forest in Amazon Rising and watch sharks overhead in Wild Reef. Don't miss Granddad, the world's oldest fish! Two million annual visitors can’t be wrong: Shedd Aquarium is the “must-sea” destination in Chicago!

                    At Shedd Aquarium, animals connect you to the living world, inspiring you to make a difference. From whales to snails, tarantulas to turtles, you’ll meet more than 32,000 creatures from aquatic habitats around the world. Explore Shedd’s newly renovated Oceanarium, where you can get face to face with beluga whales, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions and penguins. Polar Play Zone is a new permanent exhibit where kids and their families can play, splash, pretend and discover through hands-on activities. Take an unforgettable journey during Fantasea, the new aquatic show opening in late 2009. Then meet some of Shedd's critters up close during live animal encounters in the Waters of the World galleries, talk to a diver in the 90,000-gallon Caribbean Reef, take a walk through a flooded forest in Amazon Rising and watch sharks overhead in Wild Reef. Don't miss Granddad, the world's oldest fish! Two million annual visitors can’t be wrong: Shedd Aquarium is the “must-sea” destination in Chicago!

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