LIST OF MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN CHICAGO

Chicago has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.

Contents

Museums

Art museums

Children's museums

Cultural and historical museums

Natural history and science museums

Not-for-profit and university galleries

Festivals and fairs

Music, theater and performing arts

Organizations

Notes

References

See also

External links

Museums

Art museums

★ Art Institute of Chicago

★ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art (Northwestern University)

★ Chicago Archicenter

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★ Chicago Cultural Center

★ DePaul University Art Museum

★ Elmhurst Art Musuem

★ Loyola University Museum of Art

★ Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum

★ Museum of Contemporary Art

★ Museum of Contemporary Photography

★ Museum of Holography

★ National Museum of Mexican Art

★ National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum

★ David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (University of Chicago)

★ The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

★ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

Children's museums

★ Chicago Children's Museum

★ The Lake County Discovery Museum

★ The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences

★ Swedish American Museum and Children's Museum of Immigration

Cultural and historical museums

★ Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

★ Chicago History Museum

★ Clarke House Museum

★ Copernicus Foundation

★ DuSable Museum of African American History

★ Evanston Historical Society/Charles Gates Dawes House

★ Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

★ Frank Lloyd Wright Frederick C. Robie House

★ Glessner House Museum

★ Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center

★ Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois

★ Irish American Heritage Center

★ Jane Addams Hull House Center for Arts and Culture

★ Lithuanian Museum of Art

★ Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

★ The Museum of Broadcast Communications

★ Oriental Institute Museum

★ The Peace Museum

★ Polish Highlander's Alliance of North America

★ Polish Museum of America

★ Spertus Museum

★ Swedish American Museum Center

★ Ukrainian National Museum

Natural history and science museums

★ Adler Planetarium

★ Brookfield Zoo

★ Chicago Botanic Garden

★ Field Museum of Natural History

★ Garfield Park Conservatory

★ International Museum of Surgical Science

★ Lincoln Park Conservatory

★ Lincoln Park Zoo

★ Museum of Science and Industry

★ John G. Shedd Aquarium

Not-for-profit and university galleries

★ David Adler Cultural Center

★ American Academy of Art

★ Anchor Graphics @ Columbia College

★ The Art Center Highland Park

★ Arts and Business Council of Chicago

★ The Arts Club of Chicago

★ Aurora Public Art Commission Gallery

★ Betty Rymer Gallery (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

★ Beverly Art Center

★ Brickton Art Center

★ Chicago Architecture Foundation

★ Chicago Art Deco Society

★ Chicago Public Art Group

★ The Chicago Women's Caucus for Art (CWCA)

★ City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower

★ Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts

★ Columbia College Chicago Glass Curtain Gallery

★ Columbia College Chicago Hokin Gallery and Annex

★ Copernicus Foundation

★ Cuneo Museum

★ DePaul University Art Museum

★ Dittmar Memorial Gallery (Northwestern University)

★ DuPage Art League School and Gallery

★ Evanston Art Center

★ Gallery 2 and Project Space (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

★ Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago

★ Goethe Institute

★ Hinsdale Center for the Arts

★ Hyde Park Art Center

★ Illinois Institute of Technology, art@IIT Gallery

★ Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery

★ Instituto Cervantes

★ Lill Street Art Center

★ Lill Street Learning Center

★ Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center

★ Loyola University's Crown Center Gallery

★ Loyola University Museum of Art

★ Marwen

★ John David Mooney Foundation International Currents Gallery

★ Navy Pier Walk

★ Newberry Library

★ Northern Illinois University Art Gallery/Chicago

★ North Lakeside Cultural Center

★ Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery

★ Northwest Cultural Council

★ Noyes Cultural Art Center Gallery

★ Oak Park Area Arts Council

★ Oak Park Art League

★ O'Connor Gallery of Art (Dominican University)

★ Old Town Art Center

★ Palatine/Inverness Arts Council

★ The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts

★ Park West Ceramics

★ The Poetry Center of Chicago

★ The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

★ Riverside Arts Center

★ Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

★ Skokie North Shore Sculpture Park

★ Skokie Public Library Gallery

★ Society for the Arts

★ South Side Community Art Center

★ South Shore Cultural Center

★ SXU Gallery (Saint Xavier University)

Festivals and fairs

★ Around the Coyote

★ Art Chicago

★ Bridge Art Fair

★ Celtic Festival Chicago

★ Chicago Artists' Month

★ Chicago Blues Festival

★ Chicago Country Music Festival

★ Chicago Gospel Festival

★ Chicago Humanities Festival

★ Chicago International Film Festival

★ Chicago Jazz Festival

★ 57th Street Art Fair

★ The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art

★ International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA)

★ Pier Walk

★ Printers Row Book Fair

★ Ravinia Festival

★ The Stray Show

★ Taste of Chicago

★ Taste of Polonia

★ Viva Chicago

★ World Music Fest Chicago
Chicago Urban Chiditarod[2]

Music, theater and performing arts

★ Arie Crown Theatre

★ Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Company

★ Chamber Opera Chicago

★ Chicago Opera Theater

★ Chicago Shakespeare Theater

★ Chicago Symphony Orchestra

★ Chicago Theatre

★ Civic Ballet of Chicago

★ Civic Opera House

★ Drury Lane Theatre

★ Ford Center for Performing Arts

★ Goodman Theatre

★ Hedwig Dances

★ HotHouse The Center for International Performance and Exhibition

★ Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

★ LaSalle Bank Theatre (formerly the Shubert Theatre)

★ Lyric Opera of Chicago

★ Marriott Theatre in Linconshire

★ Old Town School of Folk Music

★ Redmoon Theater

★ River North Chicago

★ Ruth Page Center for the Arts

★ Second City Theater

★ Steppenwolf Theater Company

★ Symphony Center

★ Woodstock Opera House

Organizations

★ Art Dealers Association of Chicago

★ Chicago Artists' Coalition

★ Chicago Artists International Program

★ Chicago Dance and Music Alliance

★ Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

★ Chicago Percent for Art

★ Chicago Public Art Program

★ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts‎

★ Illinois Artisans Program

★ Illinois Arts Council

★ Jazz Institute of Chicago

★ Lawyers for the Creative Arts

★ League of Chicago Theatres

★ River North Association

★ Wicker Park/Bucktown Gallery Association

Notes

References

★ ''Chicago Gallery News'', Vol. 22, no. 2, April-August 2007, pp. 54-57 (List of not-for-profit galleries and museums)

See also

★ Culture of Chicago

★ List of museums in the United States

External links

★ A Guide to Chicago's Museums and Their Free Admission Days