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tallest ancient Egyptian statue important 20th century and
in the western hemisphere. Asian artworks.
The museum’s Egyptian The museum’s café, with
collection, which includes tall windows overlooking the
objects of ancient Egyptian tranquil sculpture garden, is
daily life and religious and a great spot for a quiet lunch.
funerary practices, is one of the
largest in the US.
5 University of
4 Smart Museum Chicago
of Art Quadrangles
5550 S Greenwood Ave. Map 7 C4. Bounded by 57th & 59th sts., Ellis &
Tel (773) 702-0200. q Garfield (Red Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy, outside University aves. Map 7 C4. q Garfield
or Green Line) then bus 2, 6, 55. the Smart Museum (Red or Green Line) then bus 2, 6, 55.
Open 10am–5pm Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun; £ 59th.
10am–8pm Thu. Closed public hols. including antiquities and
7 8 - = h Special events. Old Master prints, Asian The cloistered quadrangle plan
∑ smartmuseum.uchicago.edu paintings, calligraphies, and for the University of Chicago –
ceramics. By showing its works in the 1890s, one of the first in
If you are feeling overwhelmed in rotating, thematic displays, the US – was developed by
by the crowds at Chicago’s the museum ensures its architect Henry Ives Cobb. He
major museums, this is the collection is made available to patterned the unified campus
place to come for an intimate the public. The museum also after English universities
encounter with art. Named owns important post-war Cambridge and Oxford. Despite
after David and Alfred Smart, Chicago artwork, furniture years of development and
founders of Esquire Magazine and glass from Robie House, modification, the six broken
and the museum’s benefactors, and early modern and quadrangles surrounding a
the Smart Museum was contemporary painting and seventh still reflect Cobb’s vision.
established in 1974 as the art sculpture. A 1999 renovation Cobb Gate, at the north
museum of the University of has allowed for more entrance, is a gargoyled
Chicago. It holds more than comprehensive displays of ceremonial gateway donated
8,000 artworks and artifacts, the museum’s collection of by Cobb in 1900.

A huge chimney crowns Also bold but simple, the The house is an organic
the intersection of the interior is furnished with whole, underscored by the
house’s three sections,
uniting the parts. Wright-designed furniture. harmonious interplay between
The innovative dining-room the exterior and interior and is
set is on view at the Smart admired by architects worldwide.
A large hearth is
the focal point of Museum (see above). The house The building was designated
the living room. is a Gesamtkunstwerk, a total a National Historic Landmark
work of art. Every item in the and donated to the University
house contributes to its beauty. of Chicago in 1963.
The long Roman bricks
are a Wright signature.

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