This is the first installment of the Museum Archives project to document the history of The Art Institute of Chicago through its News Releases, the first of which is dated December 26, 1921.

The Index is based on the accumulated news releases kept in the Archives and provides a timeline and perspective of Museum affairs from 1939 to 1998.

1930s

  1939

1940s

  1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944
  1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949

1950s

  1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954
  1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959

1960s

  1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964
  1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969

1970s

  1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974
  1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979

1980s

  1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984
  1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

1990s

  1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994
  1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998

See Also: Current Museum Press Releases

Abbreviations
- AIC: Art Institute of Chicago
- SAIC: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Dates
The date of issue posted in the upper left corner of a summary may not necessarily correlate with an event, appointment or exhibition. For exhibition dates, please refer to the AIC Exhibition History.

Italicized Numbers
Numbers given in italics are designated for in-house archival reference only.

Questions?
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Email: archives@artic.edu