Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave
312.243.9088 | Art.org
We hope we’re not what you were expecting.
Intuit Art Museum champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. Located in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, Intuit is a premier institution dedicated to collecting and exhibiting work by artists who typically work outside the mainstream and have developed a sustained artistic practice. Some artists may have faced societal, economic or geographic barriers to pursuing extensive training in the arts. The museum’s mission is grounded in the ethos that the instinct to create is universal, and the arts must embrace, represent, and be accessible to all.
The Museum’s permanent collection includes over 1,000 works of art; Henry Darger: The Room Revealed, a permanent installation; the Robert A. Roth Study Center, a non-circulating collection with a primary focus on the fields of outsider and contemporary self-taught art; and educational programming for people of all interest levels and backgrounds. Through its programs and events, Intuit bolsters the internationally prominent role that Chicago artists and collectors have played in generating interest in self-taught art. The Museum store features one-of-a-kind artworks and exclusive museum merch, rare art books, zines, exhibition catalogs, jewelry, and delightfully odd treasures you won’t find anywhere else; a cabinet of curiosity for those seeking the unusual.
Chicago is recognized as one of the first places in the nation to embrace self-taught art as a legitimate genre, ultimately leading to the formation of Intuit in 1991 by a group of artists, collectors, art dealers and art enthusiasts devoted to outsider art.
From 2023 to 2025, Intuit Art Museum completed a 20-month, $10 million renovation and expansion, transforming its facility into a modern museum in service of its vision to be the most welcoming museum in Chicago and the leading museum advocate for self-taught art.
Free tickets for students and free admission at Art After Work events with registration.