No trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the world-renowned Art Institute - now the nation’s second-largest museum. Walk across the Nichols Bridgeway from Millennium Park and experience Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano’s Modern Wing, home to our celebrated collections of modern and contemporary art, architecture, design, and photography. Then stroll back in time and let your old favorites - iconic artists like Seurat, Hopper, Monet, and Rembrandt - guide you through the historical Michigan Avenue building and to treasured works from around the world.
Bringing the whole family? Kids under 14 are free! Drop by the state-of-the-art Ryan Education Center for stories, games, and art activities for toddlers through teens. Or, travel to the Thorne Miniature Rooms (68 model rooms created on a one-inch-to-one-foot scale) and achieve a "heightened" sense of self.
Hours
Monday–Wednesday, 10:30 am–5:00 pm;
Thursday 10:30 am – 8:00 pm;
Friday–Sunday, 10:30 am–5:00 pm.
Closed
Thanksgiving Day,Christmas Day and New Year's Day. All holidays and hours are subject to change without notice.
Redemption Instructions
Please present your Go Chicago Card or Chicago Explorer Pass to any ticket taker. They will validate it, return your card, and let you in.
Address
111 South Michigan Avenue
(at Adams Street)
Chicago, IL 60603
Public Transportation
Take CTA: Brown, Orange, Purple, Pink, and Green lines to Adams St./Wabash Ave. stop. Red and blue lines to Monroe Street. Metra to Van Buren/Jackson and Buses #3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 126, 145, 147, and 151 to the museum.
Art Institute of Chicago's collection covers a variety of themes, including:
- African (among other strengths, the collection of African ceramics is the largest in an American art museum)
- American (significant groups of work by Sargent, Whistler, Cassatt and Winslow Homer as well as iconic images by Grant Wood, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, and Diego Rivera)
- Ancient (extensive displays of Greek, Etruscan, Roman, and Egyptian artifacts)
- Architecture and Design (grounded in works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier)
- Arms and Armor (swords, cannon, and more)
- Asian (representing five millennia from China, Korea, Japan, India, southwest Asia, and the Near and Middle East)
- Contemporary (almost every significant art movement from 1950 to the present)
- European Decorative Arts (Includes furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, enamels, and ivory from 1100 to the present)
- European painting and Sculpture (one of the worlds finest collections, from 12th century works to the Impressionists)
- Indian Art of the Americans (Mesoamerican and Andean ceramics, sculpture, textiles, and metalwork as well as artifacts of North American cultures)
- Medieval and Renaissance (features both religious works and objects of daily use, lets you visually experience the impact of the Renaissance)
- Modern (the extraordinary collection includes Picasso's Old Guitarist, Matisse's Bathers by a River, O'Keeffe's Black Cross, New Mexico Wood's American Gothic, Magritte's Time Transfixed, Hopper's Nighthawks, and Ivan Albright's Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Photography (Spanning the history of the medium from its beginning in 1839 to the present)
- Prints and Drawings (British, French, and Italian drawings; Old Master prints; extensive 20th-century holdings)
- Textiles (includes Pre-Columbian textiles, European vestments, tapestries, woven silks and velvets, printed fabrics, needlework, and lace)
There truly is something for every taste and interest, so be sure not to miss this world class museum on your visit to the City of Chicago!
Photo: Wood, American Gothic 
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