{"id":775,"date":"2015-04-27T20:23:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T01:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/um-chicago-stage.ytsys.net\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2019-05-14T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T16:28:10","slug":"art-institute-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/art-institute-of-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Institute of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1467057341533{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; icons_position=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;776&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557850749671{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Background<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1866, a group of 35 artists formed the Chicago Academy of Design, a free school with an art gallery. When the World\u2019s Columbian Exposition came to Chicago in 1892, the group banded together and asked the city for a new building. Today, the one million square foot Art Institute stands as the second-largest art museum in the United States.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557850755937{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Why You Should Visit<\/strong><br \/>\nFor one, it\u2019s ranked as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/editorials\/ct-art-institute-museum-edit-0919-20140919-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best museum in the entire world<\/a>. Let that sink in for a moment\u2026<br \/>\nThe Art Institute\u2019s collection contains more than 260,000 works of art from the past 5,000 years. There are many famous paintings among these, including <em>A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte<\/em>, <em>Nighthawks<\/em>, <em>The Bath<\/em>, and <em>American Gothic. <\/em>Notable artists include Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Warhol.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557850811793{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top Rated Museum in the World, not Just Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Over 260,000 Pieces of Art<\/li>\n<li>Free Thursday Evenings from 5 pm \u2013 8 pm for all Illinois Residents<\/li>\n<li>Ryerson &amp; Burnham Libraries<\/li>\n<li>New Modern Wing<\/li>\n<li>Iconic Architecture Featuring the Two Bronze Lion Statues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; icons_position=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_gmaps link=&#8221;#E-8_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&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557851045881{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Exhibits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the Art Institute Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Exhibits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/exhibitions\/current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Out\u00a0the Current Exhibits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumtix.com\/venueinfo\/venueinfo.aspx?pvt=aic&amp;vid=829&amp;tab=E&amp;evw=0&amp;campaign=tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy Tickets Here<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557851074308{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Prices<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>General Admission<br \/>\n<\/em>Adults &#8211; $23<br \/>\nChildren (Under 14) \u2013 Free<br \/>\nSeniors &#8211; $17<br \/>\nStudents $17<br \/>\nAdditional discounts are available for Chicago and IL residents[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557851143044{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\nArt Institute of Chicago<br \/>\n111 S Michigan Ave<br \/>\nChicago, IL 60603[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557851148005{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Phone<\/strong><br \/>\n(312) 443-3600[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557851153743{padding-top: 3% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Hours<\/strong><br \/>\nOpen daily: 10:30 am \u2013 5:00 pm<br \/>\nThursday: 10:30 am \u2013 8:00 pm[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column icons_position=&#8221;left&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2279,"featured_media":776,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-775","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Art Institute of Chicago - UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Art Institute\u2019s collection contains more than 260,000 works of art from the past 5,000 years. 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