The Art Institute of Chicago

111 South Michigan Avenue
Tel: 312-443-3600

Official website:www.artic.edu/aic/index.php
Hours:
Monday 10:30-5:00
Tuesday 10:30-5:00
Wednesday 10:30-5:00
Thursday 10:30-8:00 (Free hours are 5:00-8:00.)
Friday 10:30-5:00
Saturday 10:00-5:00
Sunday 10:00-5:00

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 as both a museum and school, first stood on the southwest corner of State and Monroe Streets. It opened on its present site at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street in 1893. Built on rubble from the 1871 Chicago fire, the museum housed a collection of plaster casts and had a visionary purpose: to acquire and exhibit art of all kinds and to conduct programs of education. The collection now encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world, and the school's graduate program is continually ranked as one of the best in the country. Within the next decade, a new complex will continue this process of growth.

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