Art and museums in the United States

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

The Smithsonian Institution, established in 1846, is a group of nineteen museums and galleries, nine research centers and a zoo administered by the United States government. The institution is located in Washington, D.C. It´s got 138 million items, and it´s the world´s biggest museum. It attracts annually up to thirty million visitors.

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

The Field Museum of Natural History, located in Chicago, is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. It was built in 1921. The diverse, high quality exhibitions, which attract up to 2 million vitiors annually, range form the earliest fossils to past and current cultures from around the world.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (Chicago)

The Museum of Science and Industry is located in Chicago, Illinois. It is the largest science museum in the western hemisphere. Among its diverse exhibits, the museum features a full-size replica coal mine, a German submarine from the World War II, a model railroad or the Apollo 8 spacecraft that carried the first humans to orbit the Moon.

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) is an encyclopedic art museum located in Chicago´s Grant Park,and it was founded in 1866. It features a collection of Impressionisti and Post-Impressionist art in its permanent collection. 

Its holdings also include Amerian art, Old Masters, European and American decorative arts, Asian art, modern and contemporary art, and architecture and industrial and graphic design. In addition, it houses the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world.The museum complex comprises 27 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, a planetarium and a library.It receives about 5 million visits annually.