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Skip the Line: American Writers Museum Admission Ticket

Skip the Line: American Writers Museum Admission Ticket

Overview

In the heart of downtown Chicago, the American Writers Museum celebrates all genres of writing through interactive exhibits and programming. From Twain to Tupac, there's a story here for everyone. Discover for yourself and visit today! 180 N. Michigan Avenue. Reopens May 14, 2021. Named Illinois' Best Attraction by USA Today and One of the 10 Best New Museums in the World by Fodor's.

City: Chicago

Sun 23 Feb

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Sun 23 Feb

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What's Included

Skip the line ticket

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180 N Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor

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Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Students qualify for the senior rate, must present a valid student ID upon arrival
The Museum welcomes all visitors and we hope to make our exhibits and programming accessible to all. To that end, the following services are offered: Button activated doors at the building entrance Elevator access to the 2nd floor A large, gender-neutral, family restroom Wide restroom stalls with grab bars
Button activated doors at the building entrance
Elevator access to the 2nd floor
A large, gender-neutral, family restroom
Wide restroom stalls with grab bars
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Face Coverings Required For Unvaccinated Visitors

What To Expect

American Writers Museum

Visitors will explore the great writers’ hometowns and learn about all of the AWM Affiliate homes in Writers Hall. In A Nation of Writers they will learn about and celebrate authors who are emblematic of a unique American Voice, across history, genre, and mediums, from poets to sportswriters . Galleries such as The Mind of a Writer will de-mystify famed writers’ works and methodologies and invite visitor creativity with games and other immersive offerings. The Wintrust Chicago Gallery will delve into the great writers, literary influencers, characters, and groups that shaped the city’s unique literary tradition. Featured in the Meijer Gallery is the temporary exhibit, My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today explores contemporary writing by immigrants through various themes. The Tools of the Trade exhibit in the Roberta Rubin Writer’s Room focuses on the tools used by famous American writers through history, from Frederick Douglass to Helen Keller to Maya Angelou.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (49)

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407miraget

Dec 2022

What an excellent experience! We did a nice 15-20 minute Poe-tour through the museum that exposed us to all the high-tech exhibits. Then we were free to explore on our own. It is such a pleasure, so informative, and chockful with so much to do that after two hours, I left only from hunger. In those two hours, I'd learnt about history of American writers, created bookmarks with my favorite authors and novels, heard snippets of James Brown and Nina Simone singing, seeing first lines in writers' own handwriting (Joyce Carol Oates, Marilynne Robinson, and others...), typed on old-school typewriters, stamped and posted my family's immigration history.... Oh! I could go on. I only wish I lived in downtown Chicago so I could visit this museum everyday. Can y'all please give me a job?

Rose_B

Nov 2022

This visual and tactile experience was definitely worth the price of admission! The typewriters were vintage and provided a unique look into how writers used to compose their stories. Also - I bought a repurposed journal that was put to use immediately.

jefftG2105ZR

Oct 2022

This museum is worth around 90 minutes or so visit, more if you want to take a in a few extra details. The museum makes you think its going to cover all major writers with some depth, but instead its the narrowest depictions, often either biased or flat out wrong summary of some writers (for instance citing the Kraken as the influence for Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft). Some notables seem missing or downplayed, such as those in critical writing or journalism, such as Hunter S. Thompson. No focus on the evolution of writing in terms of thinking as a whole with various schools of thought, an odd take on some writers, and a preoccupation with black writers and civil rights focus (it is Chicago after all). One expects a museum on the writers, the vast majority who are white or other than black with past population demographics and writing, but that is not what the museum is focused on. Worth a visit once but it's sad that so much potential is wasted with such a narrow focus, it felt a bit like a bait and switch.