All Cultural Centers in Illinois

Puerto Rican Cultural Center

A Humboldt Park community and cultural center on Paseo Boricua, home to programs in arts, education and Puerto Rican history.

Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center

Founded in 1946 to help Japanese Americans resettling after wartime incarceration; its Legacy Center archive preserves that history.

Irish American Heritage Center

A cultural center in a former school with a museum, library, theater and Irish music and dance programs.

Graham Foundation

Architecture grant-maker with free exhibitions and talks in the 1902 Madlener House in the Gold Coast.

South Side Community Art Center

Opened in 1941 by Eleanor Roosevelt, the oldest Black art center in the United States still in its original home, in Bronzeville.

Stony Island Arts Bank

Theaster Gates' Rebuild Foundation turned a 1923 bank into an arts space and archive, home to the Johnson Publishing library and Frankie Knuckles' records.

Poetry Foundation

Publisher of Poetry magazine, with a free poetry library, gallery and readings in its River North building.

Charnley-Persky House

An 1892 Gold Coast house designed by Louis Sullivan with a young Frank Lloyd Wright, now headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Frederick C. Robie House

Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie-style masterpiece in Hyde Park, part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing, open for guided tours.

Chicago Cultural Center

Built in 1897 as Chicago's first public library, the Cultural Center has the world's largest Tiffany glass dome and free exhibitions, concerts and talks.