Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Art Institute 1879-2009: An Archival Timeline
The Art Institute 1879-2009: An Archival Timeline
Current Exhibition -
The Art Institute 1879-2009: An Archival Timeline
May 20 - July 27
This exhibit features a wide variety of archival documents, photographs, books, artifacts, and ephemera culled from the Institutional Archives of the museum. Among these objects you'll find the original charter dating back to 1879, a photograph of one of the guard dogs that used to roam the museum galleries at night, old postcards, floor plans, catalogs of the controversial 1913 Armory Show, and even original fragments from the Stock Exchange Trading Room, used during the reinstallation of the room at the museum in 1976.
Please note the exhibition is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Art Institute 1879-2009: An Archival Timeline
May 20 - July 27
This exhibit features a wide variety of archival documents, photographs, books, artifacts, and ephemera culled from the Institutional Archives of the museum. Among these objects you'll find the original charter dating back to 1879, a photograph of one of the guard dogs that used to roam the museum galleries at night, old postcards, floor plans, catalogs of the controversial 1913 Armory Show, and even original fragments from the Stock Exchange Trading Room, used during the reinstallation of the room at the museum in 1976.
Please note the exhibition is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Image: Postcard from 1900 showing the Art Institute, seen from the corner of Jackson and Michigan.