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With its random-access MP3 technology, the guide offers a customized tour every time it's used since visitors may access messages in any order and begin anywhere they wish in the museum, according to their own interests.
Four tours are available:
 Director's Tour
Join Art Institute Director and President James Cuno as he discusses a selection of the most significant works in the collection. This tour has 40 stops.
 American Arts Tour
Explore American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts from the colonial period to the 20th century.
 Lions Trail Family Tour
The Lions Trail tour is designed for children ages 5 to 10 for an informative, dramatic, and fun tour of the collection. Listen in English or Spanish. This tour has 32 stops.
 Collection Highlights
Listen to informative commentary on works representing 5,000 years of human artistic achievement. Collection highlights include art from the following areas: China, Japan, Korea, India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Ancient Egypt and the Near East, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Europe (Renaissance to Modern). In the Modern Wing, hear about 20th
century and contemporary works–in some cases, from the voices of the artists themselves.
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- The commentary is presented in a conversational tone appealing to any age listener.
- If you need to interrupt your visit with lunch or other plans, you may return the player to its original destination and pick it up later in the day with a receipt.
- The commentary is available in English and Spanish.
- Rent an audio guide in the Michigan Avenue or Millenium Park lobbies.
- The guide is available for $7 ($5 for members). It is free for visually impaired visitors and their escorts.
- When available the audio guide also includes any exhibition audio tour.
The gallery audio guide is produced by Discovery Audio.
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