Smart Museum of Art

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

773-702-0200

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/

• Big Idea: The Maquettes of Robert Arneson (7/2/03)
• Surrealism in America During the 1930s and 1940s: Selections from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection (12/18/99)

Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, at 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. Hours and admission fees are available on the Museum's website.

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