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CAA114 Badge Benefits: Access Local Chicago Museums During the Conference!
posted Jan 21, 2026
CAA has partnered with select Chicago museums to offer Annual Conference attendees complimentary admission between February 18 and 21. Register now to enjoy these benefits!
ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO
Present your conference badge at the admissions desk during museum hours: Wednesday, 11 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Thursday, 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., Friday–Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view:
Bruce Goff: Materials Worlds
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival
DRIEHAUS MUSEUM
Present your conference badge at the admissions desk during museum hours: Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., Thursday–Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view:
Tiffany Lamps: Beyond the Shade
The Land of Oz: Beyond the Page
INTUIT ART MUSEUM
Present your conference badge at the admissions desk during museum hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
On View:
Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago
Henry Darger: The Room Revealed
LOCAL CHICAGO MUSEUMS FREE TO THE PUBLIC
THE BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART
Hours: Wednesday–Friday, 12:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
On view:
Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łitso (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill
Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
Hours: Daily, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view:
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Not a Soft Thing: A Group Exhibition by Artist Mothers
Uncertain Histories
DEPAUL ART MUSEUM
Hours: Wednesday–Thursday, 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., Friday–Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view:
Tengo Lincoln Park en mi corazón: Young Lords in Chicago
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing
HYDE PARK ART CENTER
Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., Friday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
On view:
Yoonshin Park: Prompt and Prompted
Mutuality: The Center Program Biennial Exhibition
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Hours: Monday–Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., Friday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view:
MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades
If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view:
Hay cultura en nuestra comunidad: Ray Patlán in Chicago, 1968–1975
Rieles y Raíces: Traqueros in Chicago and the Midwest
Nuestras Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Collection
THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY
Hours: Wednesday–Friday, 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
On view:
Leah Ke Yi ZhengChange, I Ching (64 Paintings)
RIVERSIDE ARTS CENTER
Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
On view:
Ross Sawyers: The Future Still Isn’t What It Used to Be
SMART MUSEUM OF ART
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
On view:
Theaster Gates: Unto Thee
Smart to the Core: Wise to Power