The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most famous museums in the United States, was founded in 1879 and is located next to Grant Park in downtown Chicago. The museum's collection of over 300,000 works of art covers a wide range of media, including paintings, sculpture, prints, decorative arts, and photography from Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works are particularly prominent, with the second largest such collection in the world. Notable works in the collection include Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Great Bowl and Claude Monet's Wheat Pile. In addition, the two bronze lion statues outside the pavilion have become symbols of Chicago. Whether you're an art lover or a general visitor, the Art Institute of Chicago is the ideal place to explore the world's artistic treasures.