{{Short description|Architecture and design museum in Illinois, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox museum | name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | former_name = <!-- or |former_names= --> | established = {{start date|1988}} | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = 601 S Prospect St, Galena, IL 61036 | type = | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | deputy_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = Christian Narkiewicz-Laine | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = Loannis Karalias | architect = | historian = | owner = | employees = | public_transit = | parking = <!-- or |car_park= --> | website = {{URL|https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/}} | network = | embedded = <!-- or |nrhp= --> }} The '''Chicago Athenaeum''' is a private museum of architecture and design, based in Galena, Illinois. The museum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Among its goals is to advance public education on how design can positively impact the human environment.<ref name="kummerer">{{cite news|author=Kummerer, Wendy|date=November 2, 2000|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/11/02/athenaeum-small-significant/|title=Athenaeum Small, Significant|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> The museum awards numerous prizes for architecture and design.
==History== The museum was founded in 1988 in Chicago, moved to Schaumburg, Illinois<ref name="kummerer"/> in 1998, and to Galena, Illinois in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |author=Vogt |first=Amanda |date=February 18, 2004 |title=Museum not abandoned, official says |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-02-18-0402180159-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> The museum in Galena is located in a former brewery building (Fulton Brewery, later Galena Brewery, Eulberg & Sons).<ref>[https://www.visitgalena.org/places/the-chicago-athenaeum-museum-of-architecture-and-design/ The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604094654/https://www.visitgalena.org/places/the-chicago-athenaeum-museum-of-architecture-and-design/ |date=2020-06-04 }}, Visit Galena</ref>
In Schaumburg, the museum occupied an old barn at 190 S. Roselle Rd., before the village evicted it in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |author=Vogt |first=Amanda |date=August 24, 2004 |title=Schaumburg evicts often-closed Athenaeum Museum |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-08-24-0408240292-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> The Museum also maintained an International Sculpture Park with works of contemporary art.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wommer, Kelly|date=May 31, 1998|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/05/31/schaumburgs-sculpture-park-just-keeps-growing/|title=Schaumburg's Sculpture Park Just Keeps Growing|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> The sculpture park still exists, situated in a park behind the Prairie Center for the Arts.<ref>[https://www.villageofschaumburg.com/our-village/sculpture-park Sculpture Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604094619/https://www.villageofschaumburg.com/our-village/sculpture-park |date=2020-06-04 }}, Village of Schaumburg</ref>
==Work== The museum aims to improve public knowledge and awareness on architecture and design, and how these two fields can affect human environment and the quality of life. It has held exhibitions on architecture and design in several countries, and also holds several international programs abroad. It currently maintains offices and operations in Chicago, Schaumburg, and Galena, Illinois, as well as Dublin, Ireland and Athens, Greece.
==Award programs== Since 1996, the museum has organized the annual Good Design Awards. The Museum also co-organizes the American Architecture Awards, the American Prize for Architecture, the International Architecture Awards, and the Green Good Design Awards.{{citation needed |date=October 2023}}
==Management== The museum's president is Christian Narkiewicz-Laine. The vice president is Loannis Karalias who is also chief curator and director of design; the director of administration is Lary Sommers, and the director in Europe and COO is Kieran Conlon.
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==External links== *{{official website|https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/}}
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Category:Architecture in Chicago Category:Art and design organizations Category:1988 establishments in Illinois Category:Design museums in the United States Category:Architecture museums in the United States Category:Cultural institutions and organizations in Chicago Category:Galena, Illinois