About Chicago Athenaeum
The Chicago Athenaeum is a private museum of architecture and design, based in Galena, Illinois. The museum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Among its goals is to advance public education on how design can positively impact the human environment. The museum awards numerous prizes for architecture and design.
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- Founded
- 1988
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 13 miles of Chicago Athenaeum; the closest, U.S. Grant Historic Home Site, is about a mile away.
