Art Institute Tour: Explore Iconic Masterpieces

Experience the Art Institute of Chicago like never before with a skip-the-line guided tour. Explore famous masterpieces and learn the stories behind them with an engaging guide.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Art Institute of Chicago - Only the highest quality guide is equipped to introduce you to one of the greatest museums on earth. the Art Institute, one of the world’s great art museums, houses a works that cover centuries of Art & History. Its is also known to have the worlds greatest collection of Impressionist artwork (Even rivaling the Musee…
What's Included
  • Exclusive semi-private groups of no more than 8 guests
  • Enjoy a 2.5-hour immersive experience
  • All entrance fees included for a hassle-free visit
  • Benefit from skip-the-line access with a semi-private guided museum tour
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
Additional Information

The Art Institute of Chicago draws nearly as many visitors as other top galleries such as the Met, Louvre, and British Museum. During this 2.5-hour semi-private guided museum tour, limited to 12 guests, participants can bypass the line and discover its most renowned artworks with the assistance of an engaging guide.
Highlights typically include:…

Location
The Art Institute of Chicago
South Michigan Avenue
Meeting Point: “To The Lions Left”; next to the iconic lion statues (the lion on the left when facing the museum) outside the main Museum entrance on South Michigan Avenue.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
5.0
(141 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Jbs472
Nov 4, 2025
An amazing experience! - Ask for Samantha P. She was amazing. I highly recommend this tour. She was incredibly insightful and we hit all the must sees in 2.5 hours with phenomenal interpretation and historical insight.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Kimbawp
Oct 20, 2025
Highly recommend this tour for a great overall view of the museum - We loved this tour. Our guide Megan was awesome - friendly, knowledgeable, interesting, accommodating. It gave us a great overview of the important works at the museum. We were able to go back to the galleries we wanted to see after the tour, but were so glad we got to see the "must-sees" in the museum first. We also got to enter the museum during 'member hour' in the morning, when the museum was not crowded yet.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Deborahsz1210cb
Oct 20, 2025
Fabulous Experience! - Tour was amazing! Megan did a wonderful job of keeping us moving and sharing interesting info about each collection, but also answering all of our questions and engaging us to share our own noticings and wonderings about the art.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Julie_s
Oct 18, 2025
A 2.5 hour private guided... - A 2.5 hour private guided tour of the Art Institute of Chicago - hits many of the highlights of this fantastic collection. A great balance of art history along with insight into the lives of the artists. Would highly recommend this tour and Heath as a guide specifically. Thanks for a wonderful afternoon at the Art Institute.
Review provided by Viator
Heidi
Oct 6, 2025
Sarah, our guide was exceptional, capturing the art pieces & history perfectly! - Sarah our guide was so unbelievably informative and her enthusiastic attitude regarding the works was contagious! I highly suggest this tour of the Art Institute! It made my trip to Chicago even that much more memorable!!! I’ll definitely be doing this again on another visit!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Bronxbomber1
Sep 28, 2025
Great tour of Art Institute - Samantha gave us a great and insightful tour. Highly recommended. She took us around many of the highlights of the museum. Well organized.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Sally
Sep 26, 2025
Best art tour we have ever had! - It was a 5 out of 5. You didn’t have any more circles. Spiro was the best guide. It was like we were in an art history class with the best professor ever. Highly recommend it!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
591sandeel
Sep 17, 2025
World class art selections - Five stars, worth every penny, we needed more time, so much to see and I would make it a 3 hour tour and include sculptures and photography. I was delighted by every bit of the tour, no disappointments here. I expected the tour to be great and it was spectacular.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Eugene
Sep 8, 2025
Wonderful tour - Very knowledgeable and passionate guide, very pleasant experience. Learnt so much during this tour, highly recommend it
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Melissa
Sep 1, 2025
Highly recommend seeing the Art Institute on a tour with Spiro! - Spiro was an excellent guide! He is extremely knowledgeable and also very accommodating to take people to see specific things they’d like to see even if it’s not on the planned tour.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
From $90
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).