Today The Art Institute of Chicago collection comprises approximately 300,000 works of arts—ranging from ancient art through to work being created by today’s foremost artists—and visitors number 1.5 million annually from across Chicagoland, the country, and the world. Located in the heart of Chicago, just a block from Lake Michigan and adjacent to Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park, the Art Institute is composed of eight buildings and covers nearly one million square feet.