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The Ryerson & Burnham Libraries are the art and architecture research collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.[1]

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  1. 17 relations: Art Institute of Chicago, Bertrand Goldberg, Bruce Goff, Century of Progress, Chicago College of Performing Arts, Daniel Burnham, Frank Lloyd Wright, Irving Penn, Louis Sullivan, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marion Mahony Griffin, Martin A. Ryerson, Michigan Avenue (Chicago), Percier and Fontaine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Walter Burley Griffin, World's Columbian Exposition.

  2. Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Libraries established in 1879
  4. Libraries in Chicago
  5. Rare book libraries in the United States

Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.

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Bertrand Goldberg

Bertrand Goldberg (July 17, 1913 – October 8, 1997) was an American architect and industrial designer, best known for the Marina City complex in Chicago, Illinois, the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world at the time of completion.

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Bruce Goff

Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 – August 4, 1982) was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere.

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Century of Progress

A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934.

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Chicago College of Performing Arts

Chicago College of Performing Arts is a performing arts college that is housed at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Daniel Burnham

Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.

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Irving Penn

Irving Penn (June 16, 1917October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes.

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Louis Sullivan

Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism." He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer.

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Marion Mahony Griffin

Marion Mahony Griffin (February 14, 1871 – August 10, 1961) was an American architect and artist.

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Martin A. Ryerson

Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932) was an American lawyer, businessman, philanthropist and art collector.

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Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

Michigan Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago that runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid.

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Percier and Fontaine

Percier and Fontaine was a noted partnership between French architects Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine.

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Ryerson & Burnham Libraries and school of the Art Institute of Chicago are art Institute of Chicago.

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Walter Burley Griffin

Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect.

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World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

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See also

Art Institute of Chicago

Libraries established in 1879

Libraries in Chicago

Rare book libraries in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryerson_%26_Burnham_Libraries

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