Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
The oldest alternative art venue in the city is dedicated to the visual arts, usually has several contemporary exhibits running at any given time, and frequent events like artist talks, poetry readings, and music performances..
The oldest alternative art venue in the city is dedicated to the visual arts, usually has several contemporary exhibits running at any given time, and frequent events like artist talks, poetry readings, and music performances.
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About Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States
+1 773-324-5520
Hyde Park Art Center and Nearby Sights on Map
4944 S Woodlawn
A gargantuan 8,000 square foot Tudor revival mansion once owned by Muhammad Ali
Isidore Heller House
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest distinctive buildings (1897), often credited as the turning point in his early career when he shifted towards the Prairie School
Elijah Muhammad House
Built by Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, it now serves as a 'National' House for the Nation of Islam
KAMII
It looks like a Byzantine style mosque, but that minaret is actually a smokestack for this synagogue
Masjid Al-Faatir
Masjid Al-Faatir is the largest of Chicago's Mosques
Museum of Science and Industry
No tour of Chicago's museums is complete without a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park
Operation Push HQ
The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization
Promontory Point Park
Promontory Point is a beautiful spot to take in the great skyline view, gaze off into the blue, watch summer fireworks, or take a (technically illegal, but everybody does it) swim in its submerged beach (north side of the point)
McGill Mansion
Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name
Drexel Fountain
This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Square Park is the oldest in Chicago - one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area