Art Institute of Chicago - This world-class institution holds the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings outside of Paris. You’ll also see Marc Chagall’s extraordinary stained glass windows and such classics as Grant Wood’s American Gothic, Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte and Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks.
111 S. Michigan

Museum of Contemporary Art - A huge complex of galleries designed by Berlin-based architect Josef Paul Kleihues, the MCA houses a major collection of contemporary paintings, sculptures, photographs and videos by such modern masters as Jasper Johns, Ed Paschke and Andy Warhol.
220 E. Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Photography - Extensive permanent collections and special exhibitions explore photography as an artistic medium.
600 S. Michigan

National Museum of Mexican Art - Located in the Pilsen neighbourhood, Chicago’s largest Mexican community, the museum specializes in art of all media by Mexican and Mexican-American artists.
1852 W. 19th

National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum - Paintings, sculpture, photography and poetry created exclusively by Vietnam War veterans. The only museum of its kind in the United States.
1801 S. Indiana

David and Alfred Smart Museum - Discover a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. Located on the University of Chicago’s beautiful Hyde Park campus.
5550 S. Greenwood

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows - The first museum dedicated to stained glass windows is here on Chicago’s Navy Pier. See works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, John LaFarge and more.
600 E. Grand