Chicago Art Institute & Architecture River Cruise
September 16, 2010

$135.00 - per person

Chicago Art Institute The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 as both a museum and school, first stood on the southwest corner of State & Monroe Streets. It opened on it's present site at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street in 1893. Built on rubble from the 1871 Chicago fire, the museum housed a collection of plaster casts and had a visionary purpose: to acquire and exhibit art of all kinds and to conduct programs of education. The collection now encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world, and the school's graduate progam is continually ranked as one of the best in the country.

    Trip Includes:
  • Round trip motor coach from Niles & South Bend
  • Admission into the Chicago Art Institute
  • 1 hour guided "Highlights Tour" This tour begins in the recently opened Modern Wing designed by Renzo Piano and is home to Pablo Picasso's Mother and Child. You will also visit the Department of American Art which is home to Grant Wood's American Gothic & Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. These are only a taste of what you will experience on your tour.
  • Private three course lunch in the Millennium Park Room at the Art Institute. Luncy includes - Field green salad with sliced almonds & raspberry vinaigrette, grilled chicken breast, wilted swiss chard, sauteed tomatoes and tarragon sauce, white tea and lavendar cheesecake, and your choice of coffee or tea.
  • Time to explore the museum on your own
  • 1 hour narrated Architecture River Cruise
  • All taxes and gratuities.
  • Driver's gratuity
  • Signal Travel & Tours Escort