Chicago Architecture Foundation - Chicago Museum

  • Address: 224 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60604
  • Phone: +1 312 922 3432
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  • Website:www.architecture.org
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4.5
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Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60604

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  • Located within the Hancock Observatory, (The) , a monument to Chicago's greatest architecture, this shop will expand your knowledge of the city's finest buildings and the architects who created them. Pick up a copy of The Sky's the Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers ($60.00) or Frank Lloyd W... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and related design. The Foundation pursues this mission through a comprehensive program of exhibits, tours, special events, youth education programs, and lectures, all designed ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF), housed in the ArchiCenter, offers 90+ different tours - ranging from Chicago neighborhoods, to suburbs, to a varied selection of Chicago Loop tours, including Downtown Deco and Modern Skyscrapers.The tours include river cruises, bus tours, on bicycle, wa... more on GoCityKids.com
  • Chicago's architecture is world famous. Luckily, the Chicago Architecture Foundation offers first-rate guided tours to help visitors understand what makes this city's skyline so special. The foundation offers walking, bike, boat, and bus tours to more than 60 architectural sites and environments ... more on Frommers
  • Daniel Burnham's 1904 Santa Fe Building is a fitting home for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Chock-full of architecture-related books, home accessories, and everything and anything related to Frank Lloyd Wright, the store is also the place to sign up for one of the ... more on Fodor's

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5.0
Rachel M. 's review

Interesting tours and an amazing gift shop with a droll worthy selection of books, gifts, ephemera and products related to design. A must to visit ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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Nancy K. 's review

Loop Tour Train a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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Carrie M. 's review

After six years of living in Chicago, I finally went on my first CAF river cruise/boat tour. With a guest in town, we decided to book a tour and luckily ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Jen L. 's review

This place rocks. As an out of towner, I wanted to get a better sense of the city and took the River Architecture Cruise. Albeit, you never seem to ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Jennifer L. 's review

It was a chilly late September morning on what turned out to be a beautiful warm day. I kicked things off with the 9 am CAF tour on the First Lady, ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Directions

In the Santa Fe Building, across from the Art Institute on the northwest corner of Jackson Boulevard at Michigan Avenue.

#116; Departing from the Chicago ArchiCenter; a few tours leave from the John Hancock Center, 875 N. Michigan Ave

Hours

10a-7p M-Sa, 10a-6p Su,Mon-Sat 9:30am-5pm (Closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day)

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: Admission to the exhibits at the ArchiCenter is free. -- Monday - Saturday 9:00 am ������ 7:00 pm Sunday 9:30 am ������ 6:00 pm The ArchiCenter is open every day except New Year������s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. CitySpace is closed on Monda
  • Collections: Our permanent exhibits at the ArchiCenter are located in our visitor center, called CitySpace. CitySpace includes a scale model of the 16-square-mile downtown area, video interviews with famous architects, architectural artifacts, a timeline of Chicago ar

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