The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the world’s great art museums, with a collection that spans centuries and the globe. View some of  the museum’s collection virtually. 

The DuSable Museum of African American History is dedicated to the Collection, Documentation, Preservation, Study and Dissemination of the History and Culture of Africans and Americans of African Descent.

Elmhurst Art Museum has exhibitions of contemporary art, modern architecture including one of Mies van der Rohe’s houses.

Krannert Art Museum’s rich permanent collection contains more than 10,000 works of art dating from the fourth millennium BC to the present, representing a broad range of cultures and varied modes of artistic expression.

The Lizzadro Museum displays gemstone treasures, antiques to modern, with a blending of earth science exhibits. The collection includes mosaics, gemstones, rocks, minerals, fossils and more.

The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) was founded in 2005 on the Water Tower Campus of Loyola University Chicago. Within a historic Gothic Revival building, the Loyola University Museum of Art has collections of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.  

The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art has three galleries that offer rotating exhibitions presenting art across time, culture and media.

Through the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s tours and print viewings, visitors can learn about the history and different approaches and techniques in photography.

With 7,000 objects, the National Museum of Mexican Art’s permanent collection is one of the largest collections of Mexican art in the country.

Peoria Riverfront Museum focuses on interdisciplinary learning – a fusion of art, history, science and achievement designed to develop knowledge, critical thinking skills and a lifelong passion for learning. 

The Rockford Art Museum offers a diverse collection, spanning portraits and landscapes by American masters to photography, outsider art, and contemporary paintings, lithography and glass.

At Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, groups can tour of over 60 sculptures across two miles of grounds. On field trips, groups can take a tour of over 60 sculptures across two miles of grounds.