Man Enters the Cosmos
Man Enters the Cosmos is a cast bronze sculpture by Henry Moore located on the Lake Michigan lakefront outside the Adler Planetarium in the Museum Campus area of downtown Chicago, Illinois.Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture by Henry Moore (LH 528, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago)
- Also known as: “Sundial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Adler Planetarium and Soldier Field.
Adler Planetarium
Planetarium
Photo: Idreamofganymede, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Adler Planetarium is a municipal public museum for astronomy in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is operated by the Chicago Park District, a municipal government agency of the City of Chicago.
Soldier Field
Stadium
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Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer since 2020. Soldier Field is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Man Enters the Cosmos.
The Field Museum of Natural History
Museum
Photo: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Field Museum of Natural History, also commonly called the Field Museum, is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The Field Museum of Natural History is situated 2,700 feet west of Man Enters the Cosmos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Museum Campus and South Loop.
Museum Campus
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Museum Campus is a 57-acre park in Chicago along Lake Michigan. It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History; Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place.
South Loop
Quarter
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South Loop is a Chicago neighborhood south of the Loop. The South Branch of the Chicago River flows through it. Chinatown is adjacent to the southwest, and Museum Campus is to its east.
Dearborn Park
Neighborhood
Dearborn Park is a residential Chicago neighborhood in South Loop. It is part of the Loop and Near South Side community areas of Chicago, and has a public park of the same name.
Man Enters the Cosmos
- Categories: sculpture, sundial, and tourism
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.86677° or 41° 52′ 0″ northLongitude
-87.60712° or 87° 36′ 26″ westOpen location code
86HJV98V+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 766549300OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q6746177
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Man Enters the Cosmos” goes by many names.
- French: “Man Enters the Cosmos”
- French: “Sundial”
- Portuguese: “Man Enters the Cosmos”
- Spanish: “Man Enters the Cosmos”
- Turkish: “Man enters the cosmos”
- Turkish: “Man Enters the Cosmos”
- Turkish: “Man Enters The Cosmos”
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Highlights include Doane Observatory and 12th Street Beach.
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