Exhibitions
Explore our current and upcoming exhibitions, featuring displays that highlight architectural creativity, innovation and the cultural significance of our built environment.
Explore our current and upcoming exhibitions, featuring displays that highlight architectural creativity, innovation and the cultural significance of our built environment.
PLEASE NOTE: The Center's Skyscraper Gallery upstairs is currently closed for installation of a new exhibition Constructing Hope: Ukraine opening March 10. Architectural Head Games, The Chicago Gallery and Framed Views exhibitions are open for visitors at a reduced rate of $5 through March 9.
Current Exhibitions
- Sep - Oct 2025
The Prize is the Beginning
Illuminating Architectural Excellence Through the Americas Prize. - Apr - May 2025
Christine Tests Exhibitions
test - Jul 2024
The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley
This traveling photographic exhibition features 45 vibrant photographs that chronicle the current state of 27 Kiley projects. - Upcoming: Apr 22, 2026
The Disappointed Tourist - Staging
short description testing - Upcoming: Jun 11, 2026
Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem
This inspiring new exhibition, designed and co-curated by Studio Gang in collaboration with the CAC, aims to catalyze positive change on making cities safer and more welcoming for birds and diverse wildlife. - Upcoming: Jun 11, 2026
Chicago's Living Habitat
Co-curated by Openlands, this exhibition invites visitors to experience the landscapes that sustain life across our region, and to see their role in shaping its future. - Permanent
Loop as Lab Opening
an exhibition - Permanent
Chicago City Model Experience
The Chicago City Model Experience
Upcoming Exhibitions
Explorer kits available
Did you know that the Chicago Loop can be used as a laboratory to learn new things about how we live and play? Stop by the CAC Box Office and pick up a FREE Lab Explorer Kit for the Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns exhibition! Contents are designed to engage youth ages 6 to 12.
- Sep - Oct 2025
The Prize is the Beginning
Illuminating Architectural Excellence Through the Americas Prize. - Apr - May 2025
Christine Tests Exhibitions
test - Jul 2024
The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley
This traveling photographic exhibition features 45 vibrant photographs that chronicle the current state of 27 Kiley projects. - Upcoming: Apr 22, 2026
The Disappointed Tourist - Staging
short description testing - Upcoming: Jun 11, 2026
Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem
This inspiring new exhibition, designed and co-curated by Studio Gang in collaboration with the CAC, aims to catalyze positive change on making cities safer and more welcoming for birds and diverse wildlife. - Upcoming: Jun 11, 2026
Chicago's Living Habitat
Co-curated by Openlands, this exhibition invites visitors to experience the landscapes that sustain life across our region, and to see their role in shaping its future. - Permanent
Loop as Lab Opening
an exhibition - Permanent
Chicago City Model Experience
The Chicago City Model Experience
