ILLINOIS ART MUSEUMS
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS & ART CENTERS


Guide to Illinois art museums, art centers and non-profit art organizations. For the year 2025, we will be focusing more on these important art venues. Please consider joining us and supporting them whenever you can. The membership benefits are worth it, plus you will be contributing to important local and regional art resources. This guide provides you with links to as many art organization as we know about in the state. If you know of other art organizations that are not listed, please let us know.


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University Art Museums and Galleries in Illinois

The Block Museum of Art (Northwestern, Evanston)
Museum of Contemporary Photography (Columbia College, Chicago)
DePaul University Museum (Chicago)
Gallery 400 - UI at Chicago
The Glass Curtain Gallery (Columbia College, Chicago)
Goertz Gallery (Parkland College, Champaign)
Krannert Art Museum (U of I at Urbana-Champaign)
Loyola University Museum of Art (Loyola University, Chicago)
The Oriental Institute Museum (U of Chicago)
Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures (Aurora University)
Smart Museum of Art (U of Chicago)
Spurlock Museum (U of I at Urbana-Champaign)
Tarble Arts Center (Eastern Illinois University, Charleston)
The University Museum (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)




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