Art Institute of Chicago Tour

Experience the best of the Art Institute of Chicago on this skip-the-line guided tour. Explore famous artworks by Caillebotte, Seurat, O’Keefe, Hopper, Picasso, and more with an engaging guide.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Art Institute of Chicago - Only the highest quality guide is equipped to introduce you to one of the greatest museums on earth. the Art Institute, one of the world’s great art museums, houses a works that cover centuries of Art & History. Its is also known to have the worlds greatest collection of Impressionist artwork (Even rivaling the Musee…
What's Included
  • Duration 2.5 Hours
  • Professional Tour Guide Exclusively For You
  • Wheelchair Friendly
  • Skip-the-Line Private Museum Tour
  • All Entrance Fees
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

The Art Institute of Chicago draws a crowd comparable to top-tier museums such as the Met, Louvre, and British Museum. On this special 2.5-hour guided tour, you get the advantage of bypassing the queue and exploring its most eminent displays under the guidance of a knowledgeable guide.
Typically Featured Works Include: (Subject to artworks’…

Location
The Art Institute of Chicago
South Michigan Avenue
Meeting Point: “To The Lions Left”; next to the iconic lion statues (the lion on the left when facing the museum) outside the main Museum entrance on South Michigan Avenue.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Raftingveggie
Nov 29, 2024
Guided tour at the Chicago Art Museum (w/ Amanda) - Having visited the museum some years ago we decided to try a guided experience this time. To our surprise, and good fortune, we had Mandy as our tour guide to ourselves ! (nobody else had signed up on this blustery first snow of the season day). Mandy applied her art knowledge & the museums history, sharing it in her upbeat and conversational way. It allowed us to focus so much more on the art while flowing through the museum with ease. The overall experience was so much better with a guide. Mandy added real value and we were grateful for the time spent with her. THANKS MANDY (aka Amanda)
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78allanf
Nov 24, 2024
Art Institute tour with Heath - Heath was very knowledgeable, entertaining and kept the tour moving along nicely. He did an excellent job of summarizing entire movements (Impressionism, cubism etc) in accessible ways. We felt like we came away from the tour with a much better understanding of the history of Western art, from Renaissance to the present.
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116abbiel
Nov 2, 2024
Amazing private tour with Spiro - Spiro did a fantastic tour. He’s knowledgeable, engaging and brought the collection to life. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone planning to visit the city and hope to take another tour with Spiro.
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Bonnie_p
Nov 1, 2024
Best art museum I’ve been to - Amazing art collection. Good guide. I’ve seen art all over the world but nothing beats the collection at Chicago Art Institute. So many “famous” paintings that I didn’t realize were here. It’s worth it to do a guided tour or you’ll be overwhelmed.
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993lorin
Oct 27, 2024
Highly recommend! - Ben was fantastic. Provided so much information about paintings, the artist, the style of painting, and the Art Institute itself. I would highly recommend this guide. I've been to the Art Institute many times before, but never with a guide and learned so much!
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Passenger369546
Oct 18, 2024
Great family tour. - Great tour! We got to see everything we wanted to at our own pace and Mandy was super knowledgable. Definitely worth having a tour guide!
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D7251bahenryh
Oct 17, 2024
Very Good Art Institute Tour - Good highlight tour of a very interesting museum. A wide variety of art and the guide did a good job of leading to to the highlights of the museum.
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Lesliem327
Oct 11, 2024
Insightful Guide - Mandy is super knowledgeable and clearly has an art background. We highly recommend her to tour Chicago Art institue Museum.
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Thomasdx3749ir
Oct 8, 2024
Only way to see the collection - Brilliant! Such a great way to see some of the collection. Our guide Jo was also brilliant. He had tons of knowledge and made it fun by adding in threat stories about the works and the artists.
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Williaml449
Oct 8, 2024
Time well spent - This is a wonderful art museum. Amazing collections and presentation. Take a few hours to enjoy, you will not be sorry. A great compliment to a great city.
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