# Chicago tours, attractions and museums ranked by AI-agent readiness

77 of 1132 businesses with their own website scanned. 32% of reachable sites turn at least one AI crawler away at the edge. Grades: A 0, B 10, C 28, D 15, F 24.

| # | Business | Domain | Score | Menu | Direct channel | AI crawlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Museum of Illusions | moichicago.com | B 84.6% | none | own site | open |
| 2 | Chicago Children's Museum | chicagochildrensmuseum.org | B 83.1% | none | own site | open |
| 3 | Chicago Architecture Center | architecture.org | B 76.9% | none | own site | open |
| 4 | Jane Addams Hull-House Museum | uic.edu | B 75.4% | none | own site | open |
| 5 | Glessner House Museum | glessnerhouse.org | B 75% | none | own site | open |
| 6 | Illinois Holocaust Museum Presents Experience360 | ilholocaustmuseum.org | B 73.8% | none | own site | open |
| 7 | Western Springs Water Tower | westernspringshistory.org | B 71.3% | none | own site | open |
| 8 | SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower | theskydeck.com | B 70.8% | none | third party | open |
| 9 | Emily Oak Nature Center | skokieparks.org | B 70% | none | own site | open |
| 10 | Odyssey Chicago River | cityexperiences.com | B 70% | none | own site | open |
| 11 | Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum | hemingwaybirthplace.com | C 68.8% | none | own site | open |
| 12 | McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum | bridgehousemuseum.org | C 67.7% | none | third party | open |
| 13 | Museum of Broadcast Communications | museum.tv | C 67.7% | none | third party | open |
| 14 | The Butterfly House | butterflyhousechicago.com | C 67.7% | none | third party | open |
| 15 | 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum | 16inchsoftballhof.com | C 64.6% | none | own site | blocked |
| 16 | Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art | art.org | C 64.6% | none | none | open |
| 17 | Bronzeville Children's Museum | bronzevillechildrensmuseum.com | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 18 | Field Museum | fieldmuseum.org | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 19 | Riverside Historical Museum | riverside.il.us | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 20 | Spice of Life Tours | spiceoflifetours.com | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 21 | The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | naturemuseum.org | C 63.1% | none | own site | open |
| 22 | Chicago History Museum | chicagohistory.org | C 61.5% | none | own site | open |
| 23 | Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | griffinmsi.org | C 61.5% | none | own site | open |
| 24 | Irish American Heritage Center | irish-american.org | C 61.5% | HTML page | none | open |
| 25 | Museum of Contemporary Art | mcachicago.org | C 61.5% | none | third party | open |
| 26 | National Public Housing Museum | nphm.org | C 61.5% | none | third party | open |
| 27 | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | pritzkermilitary.org | C 61.5% | none | own site | open |
| 28 | Ukrainian National Museum | ukrainiannationalmuseum.org | C 61.5% | none | third party | open |
| 29 | Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center | dupageforest.org | C 60% | none | own site | open |
| 30 | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum | uchicago.edu | C 60% | none | own site | open |
| 31 | Loyola University Museum of Art | luc.edu | C 60% | none | own site | open |
| 32 | Museum of Ice Cream | museumoficecream.com | C 60% | none | own site | open |
| 33 | The Museum of Contemporary Photography | mocp.org | C 58.8% | none | own site | open |
| 34 | National Cambodian Heritage Museum | cambodianmuseum.org | C 58.5% | none | none | open |
| 35 | Pier Park Mini-Golf | navypier.org | C 55.9% | none | own site | blocked |
| 36 | Chicago Maritime Museum | chicagomaritimemuseum.org | C 55.4% | none | none | open |
| 37 | National Veterans Art Museum | nvam.org | C 55.4% | none | none | open |
| 38 | Walt Disney Birthplace House | thewaltdisneybirthplace.org | C 55.4% | none | none | open |
| 39 | Chicago Sports Museum | chicagosportsmuseum.com | D 53.4% | HTML page | third party | blocked |
| 40 | National Museum of Mexican Art | nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org | D 52.5% | none | vendor on own site | open |
| 41 | National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture | nmprac.org | D 49.2% | none | third party | open |
| 42 | DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center | dusablemuseum.org | D 47.7% | none | third party | open |
| 43 | Flyover | experienceflyover.com | D 47.7% | none | none | open |
| 44 | The Haitian American Museum of Chicago | hamoc.org | D 47.7% | none | third party | open |
| 45 | Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice | kippchicago.org | D 45.1% | none | none | blocked |
| 46 | Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall | friendsofpullman.com | D 45.1% | none | none | blocked |
| 47 | International Museum of Surgical Science | imss.org | D 44.6% | none | own site | blocked |
| 48 | Leather Archives and Museum | leatherarchives.org | D 43.1% | none | none | open |
| 49 | Oak Park River Forest Museum | oprfmuseum.org | D 43.1% | none | none | open |
| 50 | Obama Presidential Center Museum | obama.org | D 43.1% | none | none | open |
| 51 | Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art | uima-chicago.org | D 43.1% | none | none | open |
| 52 | The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn | cmoaklawn.org | D 41.5% | none | own site | blocked |
| 53 | Casa Italia | casaitaliachicago.org | D 40.5% | none | none | blocked |
| 54 | Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture | balzekasmuseum.org | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 55 | Color Factory | colorfactory.co | F 38.5% | none | vendor on own site | open |
| 56 | Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio | flwright.org | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 57 | Richard H. Driehaus Museum | driehausmuseum.org | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 58 | Vanderpoel Art Museum | vanderpoelartmuseum.org | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 59 | WNDR Museum | wndrmuseum.com | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 60 | Wonder Works Children's Museum | wonder-works.org | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 61 | Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum | cbotbuilding.com | F 38% | none | none | blocked |
| 62 | Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC) | chicagoparkdistrict.com | F 33.4% | none | none | blocked |
| 63 | The Renaissance Society | renaissancesociety.org | F 33.4% | none | none | blocked |
| 64 | Norwood Park Historical Society | norwoodparkhistoricalsociety.org | F 32.3% | none | third party | blocked |
| 65 | Quizhpi Express | quizhpiexpress.com | F 28.2% | none | none | blocked |
| 66 | Busy Beaver Button Museum | buttonmuseum.org | F 23.1% | none | none | blocked |
| 67 | Heritage Museum of Asian Art | heritageasianart.org | F 18.5% | none | none | blocked |
| 68 | Graue Mill | grauemill.org | F 15.4% | none | none | open |
| 69 | Stony Island Arts Bank | rebuild-foundation.org | F 15.4% | none | none | blocked |
| 70 | Graveface Chicago / Terror Vision | graveface.com | F 12.3% | none | none | blocked |
| 71 | Chinese American Museum of Chicago | ccamuseum.org | F 4.6% | none | none | blocked |
| 72 | American Writers Museum | americanwritersmuseum.org | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 73 | Fire Museum of Greater Chicago | firemuseumofgreaterchicago.org | F 0% | unreachable | none | open |
| 74 | Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History | fpdcc.com | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |
| 75 | Pleasant Travel | pleasanttravelchicago.com | F 0% | unreachable | none | open |
| 76 | Polish Museum of America | polishmuseumofamerica.org | F 0% | unreachable | none | open |
| 77 | The Art Institute of Chicago | artic.edu | F 0% | unreachable | none | blocked |

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