Art Institute Of Chicago
Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States, renowned for its extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.
Top 5 Facts
- Founded in 1879, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest art museums in the United States.
- The museum's collection includes over 300,000 works of art, spanning 5,000 years of human history.
- It is home to iconic works such as Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' and Georges Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte'.
- The museum's Modern Wing, designed by architect Renzo Piano, opened in 2009 and houses contemporary art collections.
- The Art Institute's library is one of the largest art museum libraries in the country, with over 400,000 volumes.
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