Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) — Attraction in Chicago

NOT ACCESSIBLE. I came for the Steve McCurry Icon exhibit. The exhibit itself was fantastic. However, the disabled entrance is unmarked and, when I arrived, was locked from the outside. I had to wait for someone to go through a revolving door so they could open the side door for me. The exhibit has multiple rooms without ANY seating. Not even a chair. The only benches are located in the hallway to the bathroom in the front or in the room showing a film. The person at the front that I spoke with said they couldn't put seating for safety in the space. They offered to put a chair in a room for me, but I was with a family member so I declined their offer because I wanted to catch up with them.

Hopefully the person I spoke with will actually look into making the space accessible, but I highly recommend planning ahead if you need seating. My walker definitely...

This is a small museum that you can see everything in less than one hour. It's at a great location on Michigan avenue with free admission, so such a nice little spot to enjoy some art for free. I visited in June 2019 and they had four photography exhibitions from Luisa Dorr, Nichole Sobecki, Nina Roder, and Jan Hoek & Duran Lantink; learned quite a bit from them. The upper level has mainly Christian art. There were also cute cartoons of saints by David...

I enjoyed an unhurried viewing here of what I call art portraying the human condition. A good example was the photographic exhibit of Pigeon Hill. A photographic portrayal with an accompanying biography of how challenged people overcame or did not overcome the adversity of their circumstances. If you are looking for priceless works of art and a traditional museum layout by period, this is not it. ...