Chicago Art Institute

This place was huge! A bit of art and antiques from about every country. Definatly one of the better city art museums in the states. Dont carry a bag or a poster tube with you. I got walked to the lobby and had to check my poster in half way thru. you are welcome to take pictures though(no flash of course)plenty of prints are sensitive to light. Everything from models to paintings,block print,furniture,pottery,temple sculpture and much more.Also if your right downtown its easy to walk to. I enjoyed the museum very much. you could easily spend half a day here because ther is so much to see. Unfortanatly the modern art wing was closed when we went, so i missed out on the picasso's and o'keefe's. If youre not within walking distance the bus does stop right out front. I will definatly stop here again to check out what i didnt have time to see the first time.

we were fortunate enough to get in free, as admission on thurs and fri nights was free in the evenings.

Beautifully arranged, the galleries feature a large collection of up to 5,000 year old pieces from ancient egypt and china, to 19th century france.  you will find many Rembrandt's, Dalis, and Van Goghs here, though my personal favorites are the Renaissance, and romantic/victorian era galleries.