Smart Museum of Art

Always-free University of Chicago art museum with family days, talks, meditation Sundays and library storytimes.

Coming up at Smart Museum

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Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

Oct25Sunday Somatics: Healing with YogaSUNDAYS · 11:00 AM · next Sun, Oct 25, 11:00 AMA beginner-friendly 75-minute yoga class in the Smart Museum lobby, taught by Rhya Moffitt (RYT-500), that pairs gentle movement with the themes of the How Do We Heal? exhibition and closes with breathwork, aromatherapy and time with selected artworks. Each Sunday session takes a different theme, and each has its own sign-up. Classes run 11am–12:15pm on Sundays through Nov 22 at 5550 S Greenwood Ave (Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th St). Free, with RSVP encouraged since mats are limited.Free; RSVP encouraged
Oct30Conversation Piece: On Cosmo Campoli's Birth of DeathFriday, 12:30 PMA half-hour, in-gallery discussion of one sculpture: public health scholar Rebekah Israel Cross and abolitionist Anthony James Williams look closely at Cosmo Campoli's Birth of Death (1950–51) in the How Do We Heal? exhibition, then open it up to the audience. It runs 12:30–1pm Friday at the Smart Museum, 5550 S Greenwood Ave (Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th St). Free, drop in.Free; drop-in program
Nov14Family Day: Seeing the Invisible World to Build a New OneSaturday, 10:00 AMFree; drop-in, registration encouraged
Nov19Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on NeuroaestheticsNov 19 – Nov 19Free; registration encouraged
Nov20Bedtime Stories with Chicago Public LibraryNov 20 – Nov 20An after-hours evening for little ones and their grown-ups: drop in from 4:30 for drawing and poetry activities and gallery wandering, with Poems While You Wait typing custom poems on request, then settle in at 5:30 for story time with a Chicago Public Library librarian. Pajamas, stuffed animals and a blanket or cushion are encouraged, and light refreshments are provided. It runs 4:30–6:30pm Friday at the Smart Museum, 5550 S Greenwood Ave (Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th St); free with registration.Free
Dec1Dipesh Chakrabarty, Christine Laquet, Jennifer Pitts & Zachary Cahill on the Climate CrisisDec 1 – Dec 1A roundtable with the Gray Center's 2026–27 fellows — historian Dipesh Chakrabarty, French artist Christine Laquet and political theorist Jennifer Pitts — moderated by Zachary Cahill, on how to teach, work and make art amid climate change and how generations experience it differently. It is set against Nina Chanel Abney's exhibition Between Us. It runs 5:30–7pm Tuesday at the Smart Museum, 5550 S Greenwood Ave (Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th St); free with registration.Free
Dec6Sunday Somatics: Healing with MeditationSunday, 11:00 AMA daylong meditation retreat inside the museum, led by Jon Aaron, an Insight-tradition teacher with more than 25 years of practice, with guided sessions on seeing, hearing and working with pain and illness. Organized with UChicago Spiritual Life and tied to the How Do We Heal? exhibition, it is open to all levels. It runs 11am–4pm Sunday at the Smart Museum, 5550 S Greenwood Ave (Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th St); free with registration. The museum's Sunday yoga series runs through Nov 22.Free

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Questions people ask

Where is Smart Museum?＋

5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, in Hyde Park. Metra Electric 55th-56th-57th St.

What's on at Smart Museum?＋

7 upcoming listings on our calendar; the next is Sunday Somatics: Healing with Yoga on Sunday, October 25 at 11:00 AM.

How much do events at Smart Museum cost?＋

7 listings are free.

Does Smart Museum have anything on weekends or evenings?＋

Of the 7 dated listings, 3 fall on a weekend and 2 start at 5pm or later.

How do I book at Smart Museum?＋

On Smart Museum's own website or booking page, linked from each listing. We read the dates and prices off it by hand and do not sell tickets.

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