Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Visitors can find the Museum of Contemporary Art at 220 East Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611. The museum is open Tuesday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and closed on Monday. The museum is also closed on the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Admission to the museum is free all day on Tuesday throughout the year. Prices the rest of the time is suggested general admission twelve dollars, students with ID's and senior citizens seven dollars, and MCA members, military and children under twelve are free.

The MCA has volunteers that provide free daily tours of the exhibitions and collections. The tours are approximately forty five minutes and begin from the second floor lobby on Tuesday at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm, Wednesday through Friday at 1:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday at noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

Wolfgang Puck has a restaurant at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm, Sunday Brunch from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm and closed on Monday. There is also an express counter that serves food on Tuesday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and is also closed on Monday. Visitors do not have to go to the museum to be able to dine at the restaurant; however, reservations are recommended.

The museum has a parking garage which is adjacent to the museum and can be entered from Michigan Avenue. Visitors to the museum can have their parking tickets validated at the admissions desk to receive a discount. MCA members will receive four dollars off and non members will get a three dollar discount. There is no charge for the bike rack at the parking garage. Standard hourly parking rates are less than thirty minutes is six dollars, 30 minutes to an hour is thirteen dollars, 1-2 hours is seventeen dollars, 3-8 hours is twenty two dollars, 8-12 hours is twenty four dollars and 12-24 hours is thirty dollars. Early mornings between 6:30 am and 9:00 am that exit before 6:00 pm pay only sixteen dollars. Public transportation is four blocks east of the Chicago Avenue rail stop on the CTA Red Line. The bus routes that get visitors to the museum are the #10 Museum and the #66 Chicago Avenue buses.

Some exhibits that are going to be at the museum include the Daria Martin: Minotaur, Italics: Italian Art between the Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008, Alexander Calder in Focus, Elements of Photography and Hide and Seek. The museum also hosts performances such as the Akram Khan Company, Third Coast Filmless Festival, The Seldoms with Fraser Taylor, Young Jean Lee, John Jasperse Company: Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking and Flat Out Lies, Nicole Mitchell: Intergalactic Beings and Chicago Humanities Festival: Stages, Sights and Sounds.

There are many other restaurants near the museum and on Michigan Avenue as well as hotels featuring national chains and boutique style.