Chicago Cultural Center Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/chicago-cultural-center Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:50:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 The Chicago Athenaeum http://toursmaps.com/the-chicago-athenaeum.html http://toursmaps.com/the-chicago-athenaeum.html#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:40:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263872 Facilities: Architecture (1st corporate headquarters of Montgomery Ward, 1899); Auditorium (300 seats); Exhibition Area (16,000 square feet; additional 1,000 apart); Lecture Room; Library (2,500 volumes); Rental Gallery; Sculpture Garden (Schaumburg, IL); Shop. Activities: Lectures; Self-guided Tours; Temporary Exhibitions; Traveling Exhibitions. Publications: catalogue, “Good Design” (annual): magazine, “Metropolitan Review” (bi-monthly). The Chicago Athenaeum is an international museum of architecture and design. It displays objects from its permanent collection as well as temporary exhibitions and also offers walking tours, gallery walks, and other programs dealing with design and the urban environment. Highlights of the permanent collection of the Athenaeum include architectural drawings

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