Smith Museum Of Stained Glass
Smith Museum Of Stained Glass
The Smith Museum, is the first museum dedicated solely to stained glass windows, features over 150 secular and religious, along the lower level terraces of Festival Hall in Navy Pier.
These stunning pieces were designed by local, national and European studios, most of the windows were originally installed in Chicago area residential, commercial and religious buildings. The windows were designed by artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and John LaFarge, as well as Chicago artists Ed Paschke and Roger Brown.
The museum also includes stained glass portraits of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Michael Jordan and a window created from soda pop bottles.
Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. admission Free
Parking Pay lot ($9.50-$19.50; $17 all day Saturday)
The stained glass collection is housed in an 800-foot-long series of galleries in Navy Pier's Festival Hall, The exhibits are divided by artistic theme into four categories: Victorian, Prairie, Modern and Contemporary. The Victorian pieces, though many are religious in nature, are intricate in design and richly colored.
The time period these stained glass windows represent is from 1870 to the present, was an era of intense urban revision; commercial and cultural institutions were evolving, as were entire neighborhoods and many of these changes were reflected subtly in the stained glass windows of the time.
Be sure to make the Smith Museum of Stained Glass a must see on your next visit to Chicago.
The Smith Museum, is the first museum dedicated solely to stained glass windows, features over 150 secular and religious, along the lower level terraces of Festival Hall in Navy Pier.
These stunning pieces were designed by local, national and European studios, most of the windows were originally installed in Chicago area residential, commercial and religious buildings. The windows were designed by artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and John LaFarge, as well as Chicago artists Ed Paschke and Roger Brown.
The museum also includes stained glass portraits of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Michael Jordan and a window created from soda pop bottles.
Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. admission Free
Parking Pay lot ($9.50-$19.50; $17 all day Saturday)
The stained glass collection is housed in an 800-foot-long series of galleries in Navy Pier's Festival Hall, The exhibits are divided by artistic theme into four categories: Victorian, Prairie, Modern and Contemporary. The Victorian pieces, though many are religious in nature, are intricate in design and richly colored.
The time period these stained glass windows represent is from 1870 to the present, was an era of intense urban revision; commercial and cultural institutions were evolving, as were entire neighborhoods and many of these changes were reflected subtly in the stained glass windows of the time.
Be sure to make the Smith Museum of Stained Glass a must see on your next visit to Chicago.
