the best news. Free parking is available. I attached a photograph that will save you $20 mornings and weekends instead of paying for the on-site lot $20/day. Just a four-minute walk from the front doors, to the west of the museum (lake huron is to the east), is Stoney Island (running north/south) and 57th Street turns right and starts heading west just after the Museum entrance. Tons of free parking, all well marked with signs. At least a hundred spaces were available when I took everyone's advice and arrived about 9:30am (opening) on a Sunday. Walking from the parking structure will take 2-3 minutes. Walking from the spaces on Stoney Island will take twice that time and leave you $20 for the so-so food in the Museum.