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Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s collection—from our renowned icons to lesser-known works from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources.

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Research at the Art Institute of Chicago

In addition to being a world-class museum, we are an institution whose academic origin proudly informs our mission. With that in mind, the Art Institute invites scholars, students, teachers, the curious and inspired, and learners of all sorts to take advantage of our world-class library and archives and make use of our research tools, study rooms, and opportunities to learn.

Two books from the special collection of the Library are displayed for visitors.

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Tan leather cover of a book with matching leather gloves where you would hold a book.

Conservator handling pieces of a suit of armor

A teacher holds a piece of paper in her hands with an image of artwork on it during a teacher workshop in the Ryan Learning Center

A laptop computer is open on a table. In the background are shelves of books as in a library.

An image of visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago looking at a painting in one of the galleries.

Curator Liz Siegel stands next to several photographs propped up on angled shelves in the photography study room.

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