Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Find out why the Art Institute of Chicago is the only museum in the world to be highly ranked by TripAdvisor four years in a row! The Art Institute in Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.
Known for its curatorial efforts and fame among visitors, approximately 1.5 million people visit annually. Experience the most extraordinary Impressionist collection outside of Paris, and view contemporary masterpieces in the sensational Modern Wing.
Its collection, overseen by 11 curatorial departments, includes iconic works such as Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist, Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, At the Moulin Rouge, and Grant Wood’s American Gothic.
More than 30 special exhibitions contribute to its permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works of art mounted yearly that illuminate aspects of the collection and present cutting-edge curatorial and scientific research. In this museum, you can travel the globe through galleries dedicated to the art of the old and modern world!
