Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “MCA Chicago” and “Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago”
- Address: 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Water Tower Place and Lurie Children’s Hospital.
Water Tower Place
Shopping center
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Water Tower Place is an urban mixed-use development comprising a 758,000 sq ft shopping mall in a 74-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The mall is located on North Michigan Avenue, along the Magnificent Mile. Water Tower Place is situated 550 feet northwest of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Lurie Children’s Hospital
Hospital
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, formerly Children's Memorial Hospital and commonly known as Lurie Children's, is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Chicago, Illinois. Lurie Children’s Hospital is situated 410 feet southwest of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Chicago Sports Museum
Museum
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The Chicago Sports Museum is a 23,000-square-foot museum located along the Magnificent Mile at the Water Tower Place mall in Chicago. The museum, which was opened on April 1, 2014—by Harry Caray's Restaurant Group and CEO Grant DePorter—features interactive skill challenges, unique sports memorabilia, and a collection of game-used artifacts well known to fans of Chicago sports. Chicago Sports Museum is situated 380 feet northwest of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Streeterville and Along the Magnificent Mile.
Streeterville
Neighborhood
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the Chicago River, it is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
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The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
River North
Quarter
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River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Categories: art museum, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, commercial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89722° or 41° 53′ 50″ northLongitude
-87.62122° or 87° 37′ 16″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Levels
5Abbreviation
“MCA”Open location code
86HJV9WH+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 24800223OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ժամանակակից արվեստի թանգարան (Չիկագո)”
- Armenian: “Ժամանակակից արվեստի թանգարան”
- Chinese: “芝加哥当代艺术博物馆”
- Chinese: “芝加哥现代美术馆”
- Chinese: “芝加哥當代藝術博物館”
- Czech: “Muzeum současného umění Chicago”
- Dutch: “Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago)”
- Dutch: “Museum of Contemporary Art”
- Esperanto: “MCA Chicago”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de Nuntempa Arto Ĉikago”
- Estonian: “Chicago Moodsa Kunsti Muuseum”
- French: “musée d’art contemporain de Chicago”
- French: “Musée d’art contemporain de Chicago”
- French: “Musée d’Art contemporain de Chicago”
- Georgian: “თანამედროვე ხელოვნების მუზეუმი (ჩიკაგო)”
- Georgian: “თანამედროვე ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
- German: “Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst Chicago”
- German: “Museum of Contemporary Art”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης του Σικάγου”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון לאמנות מודרנית של שיקגו”
- Italian: “Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago”
- Italian: “Museum of Contemporary Art”
- Japanese: “シカゴ現代美術館”
- Lithuanian: “Šiuolaikinio meno muziejus”
- Russian: “Музей современного искусства Чикаго”
- Russian: “Музей Современного искусства Чикаго”
- Russian: “Музей современного искусства”
- Spanish: “Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Chicago”
- Spanish: “Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chicago”
- Ukrainian: “Музей сучасного мистецтва”
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