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Art Institute of Chicago Holiday Hours 2023

The Art Institute of Chicago is a popular place for tourists to visit during the holidays. It's important to them to stay open for most of the year but they do have different hours throughout the year. Their holiday schedule is very different than other museums so we keep the list below updated year round so you can better plan your trips.


Jan 1 New Year's Day Sunday Closed
Jan 16 Martin Luther King Day Monday Regular Hours
Feb 20 Presidents' Day Monday Regular Hours
April 7 Good Friday Friday Regular Hours
April 9 Easter Sunday Regular Hours
May 29 Memorial Day Monday Regular Hours
Jul 4 Independence Day Tuesday Regular Hours
Sep 4 Labor Day Monday Regular Hours
Oct 9 Columbus Day Monday Regular Hours
Nov 11 Veterans Day Saturday Regular Hours
Nov 22 Day Before Thanksgiving Wednesday Regular Hours
Nov 23 Thanksgiving Thursday Closed
Nov 24 Black Friday Friday Regular Hours
Dec 24 Christmas Eve Sunday Regular Hours
Dec 25 Christmas Day Monday Closed
Dec 26 Day after Christmas Tuesday Regular Hours
Dec 31 New Year's Eve Sunday Regular Hours