The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument is an outdoor sculpture commemorating and depicting Nicolaus Copernicus, installed along Solidarity Drive outside Chicago's Adler Planetarium, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Bronislaw Koniuszy's replica of Bertel Thorvaldsen's original 1830 sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, was created, installed, and dedicated in 1973. Adler Planetarium erected the monument to mark the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth.^[1]

Nicolaus Copernicus Monument
The monument in 2015
Location	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41°51′58.9″N 87°36′28″W / 41.866361°N 87.60778°W / 41.866361; -87.60778