Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago

Seurat, Van Gogh, Hopper and Grant Wood, rooms built an inch to the foot and a rebuilt trading floor, in a museum that bridges the railroad tracks.

4 floors20+ rooms100+ pieces50+ minutes of stories
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75 minThe Paintings Everyone KnowsRain on a Paris street, a park made of dots, Van Gogh's bedroom, a farmer and his daughter, and a diner after dark.8 pieces · 2 floors60 minThe Art Institute in an HourShort on time? Five paintings, from a rainy Paris street to a diner after dark.5 pieces · 1 floor45 minChicago in the CollectionA trading floor rebuilt indoors, the 1909 plan of the city, a railing from a lost apartment house and the model for the Daley Center Picasso.5 pieces · 2 floors40 minSmall WorldsRooms built an inch to the foot, a model boat for the afterlife, a rider in clay and a giraffe set in stone.5 pieces · 2 floors

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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884Level 2
The BedroomThe BedroomLevel 2
Paris Street; Rainy DayParis Street; Rainy DayLevel 2
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading RoomChicago Stock Exchange Trading RoomLevel 1
A31: Tennessee Entrance Hall, 1835A31: Tennessee Entrance Hall, 1835Lower Level
Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)Level 2

The building

3Modern artPicasso, Matisse and CubismAbstraction and Surrealism
2Europe, the Americas + contemporaryEurope, 1400-1800ImpressionismEurope, 1800-1880Medieval, Renaissance and ArmorSeurat, Van Gogh and GauguinMonet and CezanneSky above Clouds IVAmerican art, 1900-1950American art before 1900Architecture and DesignContemporary art
1Asia, antiquity + the trading roomArts of China, Japan and KoreaGalleries 124-127Regenstein HallArts of AsiaRice Building courtGreek, Roman and Byzantine WorldsChicago Stock Exchange Trading RoomPhotography, Film and MediaAmerica Windows
LLLower LevelThorne Miniature RoomsGalleries 1-4Galleries 57-59Arts of Ancient Egypt
Photo credits (87)
  • Art Institute of Chicago: Chait Goli, Pexels License
  • Thorne Miniature Rooms: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Arts of Ancient Egypt: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Arts of China, Japan and Korea: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Arts of Asia: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Rice Building court: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Greek, Roman and Byzantine Worlds: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Europe, 1400-1800: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Grand Staircase: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Impressionism: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Europe, 1800-1880: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Medieval, Renaissance and Armor: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Seurat, Van Gogh and Gauguin: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Monet and Cezanne: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • American art before 1900: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Architecture and Design: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Picasso, Matisse and Cubism: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Abstraction and Surrealism: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Bedroom: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • A31: Tennessee Entrance Hall, 1835: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • A18: Shaker Living Room, c. 1800: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • E1: English Great Room of the Late Tudor Period, 1550-1603: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • E21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740-60: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Model of a River Boat: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Funerary Mask: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Portrait of a Man Wearing an Ivy Wreath: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Equestrienne: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Cauldron: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Oribe-Type Ewer: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Plum Vase with Clouds, Cranes and Children: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Twenty-Armed Dancing God Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Cow Suckling a Calf: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Seated in Meditation: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine Army, Seated on a Peacock: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Herring Net: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Distant View of Niagara Falls: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • View of Cotopaxi: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Vessel with Dancing Maize Gods: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Portrait Vessel: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Mosaic Fragment with a Man Leading a Giraffe: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Portrait Head of Antinous: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Amphora (Storage Jar): Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Portrait Bust of a Woman: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Old Man with a Gold Chain: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Still Life with Game Fowl: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Battle between the Gods and the Giants: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • A Burgher of Calais (Jean d'Aire): Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Samson and the Lion: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Balcony Railing Section from the Mecca Apartment Building: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Two Sisters (On the Terrace): Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Woman at Her Toilette: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Beach at Sainte-Adresse: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Millinery Shop: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Amedee-David, the Comte de Pastoret: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Beata Beatrix: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Interrupted Reading: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Armor for Field and Tournament: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Portions of a Jousting Helmet: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Saint Michael and the Devil: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Wine Cistern: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Self-Portrait: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Arlesiennes (Mistral): Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • At the Moulin Rouge: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando): Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Water Lilies: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Girl by the Window: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Basket of Apples: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Teucer: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • At Mouquin's: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Love of Winter: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • The Two Disciples at the Tomb: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Cabinet: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
  • Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

An independent audio guide by Roamer, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Art Institute of Chicago. Museum admission is separate. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr and Pexels contributors under open licences; credits on each piece.

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