Girodet: Romantic Rebel

VISITOR INFORMATION

Girodet. The Sleep of Endymion, 1791. Musée du Louvre, Paris, Paintings Department.

MUSEUM HOURS
Monday: 10:30–4:30
Tuesday: 10:30–4:30
Wednesday: 10:30–4:30
Thursday: 10:30–8:00
Friday: 10:30–4:30
Saturday: 10:00–5:00
Sunday: 10:00–5:00

TICKETS

Special tickets are not required for this exhibition. It is free with museum admission.

MEMBERSHIP

Become a member of the Art Institute of Chicago and preview the exhibition before it opens to the public! Members also receive free admission to the museum and a 10% discount at the Museum Shop. Call (312) 575-8000 to join or renew your membership, or click here to purchase a membership online. In the museum, you can join at any of the membership desks.

SCHOOL GROUPS

To schedule a student tour, please call (312) 443-3679 or click here.

HOTEL PACKAGES

Click here for more information about Chicago hotels that offer special packages for visitors to the Art Institute.

DINING IN THE MUSEUM
Enjoy a served lunch featuring seasonal flavors in the Garden Restaurant, open 11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. daily, closed holidays. The Court Café, open every day until one hour before museum closing, offers a variety of food, including soups, deli sandwiches, carved meats, pizza, salad, and desserts, all in a casual environment.

THE MUSEUM SHOP
The Museum Shop offers a selection of products related to the exhibition. The shop is located in the Michigan Avenue lobby, and a special shop annex will be located near the exhibition.

CATALOGUE
The scholarly catalogue produced in conjunction with the show will investigate Girodet’s career from a variety of interdisciplinary and methodological perspectives. Detailed entries will also be written on each work included in the exhibition. The catalogue will be available in spring 2006. $80, softcover. Please contact the Museum Shop at (312) 499-4251 for purchase information. Art Institute members receive 10% off.

LOCATION
The museum is located at 111 South Michigan Avenue, at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street, on the eastern edge of Chicago’s famous downtown Loop. For driving directions and a map of the area, click here. To find information about parking, click here.

CONTINUE YOUR VISIT
After visiting Girodet: Romantic Rebel, continue your visit throughout the museum with one of our two new audio guides. Join Art Institute Director and President James Cuno as he discusses a selection of the most significant works in the collection. This tour has 40 stops. Families can listen to the Lions Trail guide, an informative, dramatic, and fun tour of the collection designed for children ages 5 to 10. Listen to this 32-stop tour in English or Spanish. Audio guides can be purchased at any of the museum’s admission counters. $5 members; $6 public. Free for visually impaired visitors and their escorts.

ONLINE RESOURCES:
Art Access, a multimedia microsite, examines objects from the Art Institute of Chicago's permanent collection to enrich visitors' understanding of content, style, and historical context. This program features online resources, such as maps, glossaries with pronunciation guides, family activities, and information on individual works. The section Rococo to Realism features works by Girodet and several of his contemporaries, including Jacques-Louis David.