List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago Facts for Kids

The city of Chicago, Illinois has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small. Major cultural institutions include:

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
Lincoln Park's Lincoln Park Zoo, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Steppenwolf Theatre;
the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium in the Near South Side's Museum Campus;
the Museum of Science and Industry, Oriental Institute, Smart Museum of Art, and DuSable Museum in Hyde Park;
the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Second City comedy troupe, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Near North Side;
the Garfield Park Conservatory;
and Pilsen's National Museum of Mexican Art;
as well as the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Botanic Gardens, and Morton Arboretum in nearby suburbs.

Museums

The Art Institute of Chicago

National Museum of Mexican Art

Art

659 Wrightwood
Art Institute of Chicago, second largest art museum in the United States
The Arts Club of Chicago
Chicago Athenaeum
Chicago Cultural Center
DePaul Art Museum (DePaul University)
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Loyola University Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Photography
National Museum of Mexican Art
National Veterans Art Museum
Smart Museum of Art (University of Chicago)
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

Architecture

Children's

Science, archeology, and natural history

Adler Planetarium
Field Museum of Natural History
International Museum of Surgical Science
Museum of Science and Industry
Oriental Institute Museum
Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Planned museums

Barack Obama Presidential Center

Defunct museums

ABA Museum of Law, closed in 2011
American Police Center & Museum
McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, closed in 2009
Museum of Holography
The Peace Museum
Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, closed in 2014
Terra Museum, closed on October 31, 2004, its foundation still exists and artworks travel.

Not-for-profit and university galleries

American Academy of Art - Bill L. Parks Gallery
Anchor Graphics, Columbia College Chicago
ARC Gallery
Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Company
Boeing Galleries
Bridgeport Art Center
Catholic Theological Union - The Mary-Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery
Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago State University - President's Galley and University Gallery
City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower
Columbia College Chicago - Glass Curtain Gallery, Hokin Gallery and Annex
Copernicus Foundation
DePaul Art Museum
Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Hairpin Arts Center
Hyde Park Art Center
Illinois Institute of Technology - Kemper Gallery in the Galvin Library
ISM Chicago Gallery
John David Mooney Foundation - International Currents Gallery
Lillstreet Art Center
Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center
Loyola University Chicago - Crown Center Gallery
Marwen
Northeastern Illinois University - Fine Arts Gallery
Old Town Triangle Art Center
The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
Renaissance Society
Robert Morris University Illinois - State Street Gallery
Roosevelt University - Gage Gallery
Saint Xavier University - SXU Gallery
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Sullivan Galleries and Betty Rymer Gallery
South Side Community Art Center
South Shore Cultural Center
Spudnik Press Cooperative
University of Chicago Galleries - Logan Center, Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society Gallery, and Regenstein Library exhibits
Woman Made Gallery

Nature

Lincoln Park Conservatory

Libraries

Chicago's Central Public Library

Chicago Public Library
Gerber/Hart Library
John Crerar Library
Newberry Library
Poetry Foundation
Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Music, theater, and performing arts

Symphony Center

Civic Opera House

Dance

Chicago Ballet
Chicago Dance Crash
Chicago Festival Ballet
Clinard Dance
DanceWorks Chicago
Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
Hedwig Dances
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Joel Hall Dancers
Joffrey Ballet
River North Chicago Dance Company
Ruth Page Center for the Arts (Ruth Page Civic Ballet)
Thodos Dance Chicago

Opera

Chamber Opera Chicago
Chicago Opera Theater
DuPage Opera Theatre
Light Opera Works
Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opera in Focus

Opera houses

Symphony

Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Grant Park Symphony Orchestra

Choruses

Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Bella Voce
Chicago a cappella
Chicago Children's Choir
Chicago Chorale
Chicago Gay Men's Chorus
Chicago Symphony Chorus

Music venues

The Gateway Theatre, is located in the Chicago neighborhood of Jefferson Park.

Theater

For more details, see List of theaters in Chicago

Festivals and fairs

For more details, see List of festivals in Chicago

Online museums

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television

Organizations

Chicago Art Dealers Association
Chicago Artists' Coalition
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Chicago Public Art Group
Chicago Public Art Program
Chicago Society of Artists
Flat Iron Artists Association
Illinois Artisans Program
Illinois Arts Council
Jazz Institute of Chicago
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
League of Chicago Theatres
Public Media Institute
Terra Foundation for American Art

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