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The Art Institute of Chicago holds one of the world's great art collections The following describes just a few of the wonderful exhibits:

The African & Amerindian collection includes an African exhibit of wood sculpture, masks, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and beadwork from West, Central, and Southern Africa and an Amerindian collection of Mesoamerican and Andean ceramics, sculpture, textiles, and metalwork, as well as South American Indian ceramics and figurative art

The Ernest R Graham Study Center for Architectural Drawings houses a distinguished collection of more than 130,000 architectural sketches and drawings

The European Painting collection ranges from the Middle Ages to 1900 and numbers approximately 950 works

The European Decorative Arts collection of 25,000 objects includes furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, enamels, and ivory from 1100 to the present, and sculpture from the medieval period to 1900

The holdings of the Department of Textiles contain more than 13,000 textiles, as well as 66,000 sample swatches, ranging from 300 BC to the present The collection represents Europe, Asia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Indonesia, North America, and Africa, with selections in pre-Columbian textiles, European vestments, tapestries, woven silks and velvets, printed fabrics, needlework, and lace

Considered one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world, the collection of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art includes more than 1,500 paintings and sculptures representing every significant movement in Europe and America throughout the 20th century

Dining options at the Art Institute include the Court Cafe and the Garden Restaurant The Art Institute also has a museum shop

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111 South Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60603-6492