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Check out these tours and tools to help you navigate the Center's current exhibitions.

At the Center Gallery Tour 

The At the Center Gallery Tour is an introductory experience for adults that explores the Chicago Architecture Center’s permanent and temporary exhibitions.  Visitors will learn why Chicago is a city of architecture, be introduced to the history and impact of the Chicago River and explore our temporary exhibition Loop as Lab: Changing Downtowns. This 30-minute tour will run weekly on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. starting, Tuesday, June 11.

Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns explorer kits for the family

Did you know that the Chicago Loop can be used as a laboratory to learn new things about how we live and play? Stop by the CAC Box Office and pick up a FREE Lab Explorer Kit for the Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns exhibition! Contents are designed to engage youth ages 6 to 12.