Since the museum’s volunteer educator program was first established in 1961, these devoted volunteers have sparked a lifelong love of art for thousands of students and visitors.
With close to 5,000 works of art on view, how do you decide where to begin—especially as a family with different ages and interests?
The Art Institute boasts an outstanding collection of American Art—fitting for a classic American city. Find some of the icons below.
Join in a civic celebration with this tour featuring works by Chicago artists as well as works intrinsically linked to our city.
Gentle eyes, a wise, ambiguous smile, and carefully rendered features distinguish this powerful and intimate portrait in charcoal.
Four curators share their favorite elements of the newly reimagined galleries and the deeper, richer, more entwined narratives they tell.
This revised and expanded edition of the Essential Guide features more than three hundred objects that span the breadth of the museum’s esteemed collection. Each work is reproduced in full color and discussed in a brief and lively entry.
Word banks are a great tool for helping you improve your vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing skills. This activity is designed to help you make connections between words and images.
Walter Ellison portrayed a train station in his native Georgia and commented on the racial climate in the United States in the 1930s.
