DePaul University Art Museum
Free: All time The DePaul University Art Museum is a 15,000 square-foot building on the university’s Lincoln Park campus. The museum offers a wide variety of special exhibitions in all media throughout the year including paintings, sculpture, printmaking and installation....
City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower
Free: All time The City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower is located inside the old Chicago Water Tower. The tower gained its fame when it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It is also the second-oldest water tower...
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Free: All time Founded by Columbia College Chicago in 1976, the museum collaborates with artists, photographers, communities, and institutions locally, nationally, and internationally. As the leading photography museum in the Midwest, presenting projects and exhibitions and acquiring works that embrace...
National Museum of Mexican Art
Free: All time The National Museum of Mexican Art features prominent works by Mexican, Latino and Chicano artists and artifacts from Mexican history. The permanent exhibit “Mexicanidad: Our Past is Present” explores the history of Mexico in five stages: Pre-Cuahtemoc...
Panoramic View of Chicago from Hancock Center’s Signature Lounge
Free: All time To get the best view of Chicago, the Sears Tower may be first to come to mind. But! Instead of paying $20 to go up the tower, you should hit up the Signature Lounge on the 96th...
Art Institute of Chicago
Free: Thursdays 5pm – 8pm The Art Institute of Chicago can be traced back to a free art school and gallery founded in 1866. Today, the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago encompasses more than 5,000 years of human...
Museum of Stained Glass Windows
Free: All time The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows is a permanent exhibition which opened in February 2000 at Chicago’s Navy Pier entertainment complex. It is the first American museum dedicated solely to the art of stained glass windows....
Smart Museum
Free: All time The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection of over 10,000 objects includes works by Francisco Goya, Frank...
Navy Pier
Free: All time Navy Pier is an entertainment hub along the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. What was originally constructed as a cargo facility is today Chicago’s number one tourist attraction. The site offers many attractions from IMAX theater to...
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Free: Every Tuesday (only for IL residents); All time for children under 12 years old The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has hosted several notable debut exhibitions including Frida Kahlo’s and Jeff Koon’s. Its current collection consists of work by...
