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with Wright-designed furniture.
The house is an organic
whole, under scored by the
harmonious interplay between
the exterior and interior.
E Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave. Tel (773) 702-
0200. Open 10am–4pm Tue–Fri (until
8pm Thu), 11am–5pm Sat, Sun.
Closed public hols. 7 - =
∑ smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
E Oriental Institute Museum
1155 E 58th St. Tel (773) 702-9514.
Open 10am–6pm Tue & Thu–Sat
Robie House, a masterpiece of the Prairie School of architecture (until 8:30pm Wed), noon–6pm Sun.
Closed public hols. 7 8 Special
Boston firm Shepley Rutan scholars have excavated in events. ∑ oi.uchicago.edu
and Coolidge took over as virtually every region of the P Robie House
the main architects in 1901. Near East since 1919. High- 5757 S Woodlawn Ave. Tel (312) 994-
Now the campus features lights of the museum’s collec- 4000. Open Thu–Mon. Closed Jan 1,
designs from more than tions include a reconstruction Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & (children
70 architects. of an Assyrian palace (c.721– under 4 free). 8 11am–2pm
The north entrance houses 705 BC) and a 17-ft (5-m) (reservations advised). ∑ gowright.
the ornamental Cobb Gate, a sculpture of King Tutankhamen, org; ∑oi.uchicago.edu
gargoyled ceremonial gateway the tallest ancient Egyptian
donated by Henry Cobb in statue in the Western Hemi-
1900. Across the street, the sphere (c.1334–25 BC). Opposite t DuSable
Regenstein Library holds rare the museum, the massive Museum of African
book and manuscript Gothic- style Rockefeller
collections, along with Memorial Chapel, topped American History
millions of other volumes. with a 207-ft (63-m) carillon Map A5. 740 E 56th Pl. Tel (773) 947-
Situated at the northern tower, is among the tallest 0600. q Garfield (green line), then
end of the campus is the buildings on campus. bus 55. @ 4, 10. Open 10am–5pm
light-filled, intimate Smart John D. Rockefeller had Tue–Sat, noon–5pm Sun. Closed
Museum of Art. Named requested that this public hols. & (children under 5 free;
after its benefactors, limestone-and-brick free on Sun). 7 8 book in advance.
David and Alfred Smart, structure representing = h Lectures, films.
the museum holds more religion be the uni- ∑ dusablemuseum.org
than 10,000 objects, versity’s dominant
including antiquities and feature. Two blocks north Founded in 1961 to preserve
Old Master prints, Asian lies Frank Lloyd Wright’s and interpret the diverse
paintings, calligraphy, world-famous Robie historical experiences and
and ceramics, spanning House (1908–1910), achievements of African
five centuries of Western currently being restored. Americans, the DuSable Museum
and Eastern civilizations. Designed for Frederick highlights the accomplish-
The museum’s café, Robie, a bicycle and ments of the ordinary and
with tall windows Statue of King motorbike manu- extraordinary alike.
overlooking the Tutankhamen, Oriental facturer, the home The 9-ft by 8-ft (2.7-m by
tranquil sculpture Institute Museum is one of Wright’s 2.4-m) substantial wooden
garden, is a great last Prairie School Freedom Now mural depicts
spot for a quiet lunch. Outside houses: Wright left both his the experiences of African-
the museum, sculptor Henry family and his Oak Park practice Americans throughout
Moore’s Nuclear Energy marks during its three-year 400 years of US history.
the spot where, in 1942, a construction. The exterior Other exhibits include
team of scientists led by Enrico design of the house perfectly memorabilia from the life and
Fermi ushered in the atomic captures the prairie landscape political career of Chicago’s
age with the first controlled of flat, open fields. The roof’s first black mayor, Harold
nuclear reaction. sweeping planes embody Washington. The museum
In the southeast of the the house’s aesthetic of bold showcases local artwork, and
vast campus lies the Oriental rectilinear simplicity. Steel traveling show topics have
Institute Museum, the exhibi- beams support the over- included black film history
tion arm of the university’s hanging roof. Also bold but and African-Americans on
Oriental Institute, whose simple, the interior is furnished postage stamps.

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