If your holiday weekend isn’t compressed by too much holiday shopping or is compressed by too much family time, perhaps you’ll escape to the Driehaus Museum Saturday afternoon. Michigan Ave. WILL be nuts with holiday shoppers, so plan your parking or public transportation ahead of time.

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Frank Lloyd Wright had a lifelong fascination with photography, viewing it as a hobby as well as a way for his architecture to reach a broad public. Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright includes Wright’s own photography along with images by the leading photographers who documented his career. The exhibition presents a concise survey of Wright’s architecture and aesthetic and offers insights into how photography influenced public perception of his work. In addition to the architectural photos, the exhibition also includes examples of Wright’s decorative designs, demonstrating his concept of design unity.

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Chicago Reader Article -- A Driehaus Museum exhibition contrasts the messiness of his personal life with his obsession with neatness.

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The Driehaus Museum engages and inspires the global community through exploration and ongoing conversations in art, architecture, and design of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its permanent collection and temporary exhibitions are presented in an immersive experience within the restored Nickerson Mansion, completed in 1883, at the height of the Gilded Age, and the 1926 Murphy Auditorium. The Museum’s collection reflects and is inspired by the collecting interests, vision, and focus of its founder, the late Richard H. Driehaus.

Location: 2 blocks west of Michigan Ave., between Rush & Wabash
Admission – Reserve Tickets

• Adults $20
• Seniors $15
• Students (with I.D.) $10
• Children 12 & under FREE
• Active Military (with I.D.) FREE
• Museum Members FREE