Chicago Art Institute Small 320×132 Medium 640×265 Large 1024×424 Download Tiff Original 2400×993 | (2.7 MB) Description The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier fine art museums. It was founded in 1879. Keywords art building, chicago, museum Galleries School Buildings Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 2) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)