Current Exhibitions
Explore our current exhibitions, featuring displays that highlight architectural creativity, innovation and the cultural significance of our built environment.
Explore our current exhibitions, featuring displays that highlight architectural creativity, innovation and the cultural significance of our built environment.
- Permanent
Chicago City Model Experience
The Chicago City Model Experience is the star attraction in the Chicago Gallery, featuring more than 4,000 buildings and interactive elements that tell amazing stories of the city. - Apr 2024 - Jan 2025
Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns
Chicago’s Loop is at an inflection point, emerging from the pandemic on shaky footing but also with abundant opportunity. - Oct - Nov 2024
ReCovered: Lawndale’s Urban Tree Canopy
A FREE pop-up exhibition in Lawndale exploring the role of trees in our city. Opens October 4 and runs through the fall. - Sep 2024 - Jan 2025
Disrupters
Celebrating 50 Years of Chicago Women in Architecture - Jul - Nov 2024
The New Magnificent: Visions to Renew and Reconnect the Mag Miles
The Magnificent Mile employs and engages people from every corner of the city and generates significant tax revenue. What can be done to inject new life into Chicago’s premier shopping destination for the benefit of our recovering downtown?
Explorer kits available
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.
Visit the CAC
Located at 111 E. Wacker Drive in Chicago and opened to the public in 2018, the Center’s riverfront location is in the heart of the city. Nearly 10,000 square feet of exhibition space features super-sized models and views of iconic skyscrapers. Learn more about the Chicago Architecture Center and its mission to inspire people to discover why design matters.
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