ILLINOIS ART MUSEUMS
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS & ART CENTERS
Guide to Illinois art museums, art centers and non-profit art organizations. For the
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Illinois Art Museums
Elmhurst Art Museum (Elmhurst)Freeport Art Museum (Freeport)
Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum (Evanston)
Illinois State Museum (Springfield)
Lithuanian Museum of Art (Lemont)
Peoria Riverfront Museum (Peoria)
Rockford Art Museum (Rockford)
Chicago Art Museums
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago Athenaeum
DePaul Art Museum
Design Museum of Chicago
Driehaus Museum
The DuSable - Museum of African American History
The Field Museum
Loyola University Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Photography
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
National Museum of Mexican Art
National Public Housing Museum
National Veterans Art Museum
Oriental Institute (U of Chicago)
The Renaissance Society (U of Chicago)
Smart Museum of Art (U of Chicago)
Spertus Institute
Swedish American Museum Center
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
University Art Museums and Galleries in Illinois
The Block Museum of Art (Northwestern, Evanston)Museum of Contemporary Photography (Columbia College, Chicago)
DePaul University Museum (Chicago)
Gallery 400 - UI at Chicago
The Glass Curtain Gallery (Columbia College, Chicago)
Goertz Gallery (Parkland College, Champaign)
Krannert Art Museum (U of I at Urbana-Champaign)
Loyola University Museum of Art (Loyola University, Chicago)
The Oriental Institute Museum (U of Chicago)
Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures (Aurora University)
Smart Museum of Art (U of Chicago)
Spurlock Museum (U of I at Urbana-Champaign)
Tarble Arts Center (Eastern Illinois University, Charleston)
The University Museum (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)
Illinois Art Centers
Addison Center for the Arts (Addison)The Art Center (Highland Park)
Brickton Art Center (Park Ridge)
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Mt. Vernon)
Contemporary Art Center (Peoria)
David Adler Music and Arts Center (Libertyville)
Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center (St. Charles)
Evanston Art Center (Evanston)
Fine Line Creative Arts Center (St. Charles)
Hyde Park Art Center
Link Art Gallery / Art Center (Paris)
McCord Gallery and Cultural Center (Palos Park)
McLean County Arts Center (Bloomington)
The Next Picture Show (Dixon)
Quincy Art Center (Quincy)
Riverside Arts Center (Riverside)
Chicago Art Centers
ARC GalleryArts Club of Chicago
Beverly Arts Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center
Ed Paschke Art Center
Fire Arts Center of Chicago
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
IPaintMyMind
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
Lillstreet Art Center
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (U of Chicago)
South Asia Institute
Woman Made Gallery
Zhou B Art Center
Illinois Non-Profit Art Organizations
Antioch Fine Arts Foundation (Antioch)Arts & Business Council of Chicago (Chicago)
Chicago Artists' Coalition (Chicago)
Chicago Art Department (Chicago)
City of Chicago - Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Elmhurst Artists' Guild (Elmhurst)
ETA Creative Arts Foundation
Graham Foundation (Chicago)
Illinois Arts Council (Chicago)
Illinois Historical Art Project
John David Mooney Foundation
Naperville Art League (Naperville)
Oak Park Area Arts Council (Oak Park)
Peoria Art Guild (Peoria)
Poetry Foundation (Chicago)
Ragdale Foundation (Chicago)
Rebuild Foundation (Chicago)
Rockford Area Arts Council (Rockford)
Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park (Skokie)
Springfield Art Association (Springfield)
Spudnik Press Cooperative (Chicago)
Terra Foundation for American Art
Wheaton - Fine & Cultural Arts Commission
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