Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago Museum

111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404
+1 312 443 3600
www.artic.edu

Average Rating	5.0	297 reviews from 2 sources
Yahoo! Travel	5.0	75+ reviews
Yelp	4.5	222+ reviews

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Admission:

Adults $12; Seniors & Students $7; Children (12 and under) free

Open Dates:: Mon.-Wed. and Fri. 10:30-5, Thu. 10:30-8, Sat.-Sun. 10-5
Open Hours:: Mon-Fri 10:30am-4:30pm (Thurs until 8pm); Sat-Sun 10am-5pm,M-W, F 10:30a-4:30p ; Th 10:30a-8p; Sa-Su 10a-5p,M-W, F 10:30a-4:30p ; Th 10:30a-8p; Sa-Su 10a-5p,Mon-Wed 10:30am-5pm; Thu 10:30am-8pm; Fri 10:30am-5pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5pm,Mon-Fri 10:30am-4:30pm (Thurs until 8pm); Sat-Sun 10am-5pm,Mon-Wed 10:30am-5pm; Thu 10:30am-8pm; Fri 10:30am-5pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5pm

Art Institute of Chicago

111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60603-6404

Description

From popular Rembrandt masterpieces to recent works by lesser-known artists, this museum houses one ... more on Yahoo! Travel
... Young visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago are often captivated by the museum before even entering the doors when they are greeted at the entrance by two large, endearing bronze lions! Inside the museum, which boasts one of the ... more on GoCityKids.com
... of the world, the Art Institute of Chicago presents a collection spanning 5,000 years of artistic expression. Paintings, prints and drawings, sculptures, photographs, video, textiles, and architectural drawings and fragments are complemented ... more on Artic.edu
... finest art collections dating back from 3000 B.C. through the 1990s including famous French Impressionist paintings and drawings as well as fine and decorative ... more on EnjoyIllinois.com
You can't (and shouldn't) miss the Art Institute: The signature pair of bronze lions that flank the museum's main entrance are perfect rendezvous points, and there is always a throng of people sitting on the steps on nice days. Finding the museum is ... more on Frommers
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5.0

The Best Art Museum!!

(09/26/05)

... been to many art museums in the U.S. and Europe, and I still go back to my first love, the Art Institute of Chicago. Whenever I go to Chicago, I always make time to visit my old friends, the wonderful art. I have my favorites, especially ... By bterlep from San Francisco Bay Area, CA, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Reviews from Yahoo! Travel

User Review

(0500 2007)

... to several museums around the world, and this is one of the best, most well-rounded collections anywhere. I get so ... gusto.com, a user of gusto.com. Reviews from OpenList.com

5.0

Michael S. 's review

I love that I work across the street from the Art Institute and its new Modern Wing. Here's what it looks like: a user of yelp.com. Reviews from Yelp

good times

... a newly expanded children's area of the museum. we happened to go during a free admission time. it still wasn't ... a user of Trekaroo. Reviews from Trekaroo

4.0

... with only an hour to explore...but what we got to see was amazing. All of the painings and arts crafts were so cool...they even had a section of ancient Roman, Grecian and Egyptian ... a user of geckogo.com. Reviews from GeckoGo

Directions

At Adams St

The museum is located at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street.

Web Resources

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Art Institute of Chicago Homepage: www.artic.edu
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