ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

in Chicago, Ill., museum of European, American, and Oriental sculpture, paintings, prints and drawings, and decorative arts, as well as photography and African and pre-Columbian American art. It was established in 1866 as the Chicago Academy of Design and took its current name in 1882. In 1893 it moved to its present building, designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. The museum is noted for its extensive collections of 19th-century French painting (Impressionist works in particular) and of 20th-century painting. The institute also includes the School of the Art Institute, the Ryerson Library (art), and the Burnham Library (architecture). The Goodman Theatre (founded 1925) presents productions of the Chicago Theatre Group (from 1977); the Goodman School of Drama, operated by the Art Institute from 1930 to 1978, became a school of DePaul University (Chicago) in the latter year.