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.

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Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Description: sculpture by Henry Moore (LH 528, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago)
Also known as: “Man enters the cosmos”, “Man Enters The Cosmos”, and “Sundial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Adler Planetarium and Soldier Field.

Adler Planetarium

Planetarium

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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

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The Field Museum of Natural History 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

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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″ north

Longitude

-87.60712° or 87° 36′ 26″ west

Open location code

86HJV98V+P5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 766549300

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

Wikidata 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”
Portuguese: “Man Enters the Cosmos”
Spanish: “Man Enters the Cosmos”
Turkish: “Man Enters the Cosmos”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Doane Observatory and 12th Street Beach.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Nicolaus Copernicus Monument and Adler Planetarium.

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