Terra Museum in Chicago Closing

The Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago is closing its doors permanently on Halloween due to poor attendance.

Marshall Field V, chairman and president of the Terra Foundation for the Arts, acknowledged that public indifference had made the trustees’ decision last year an easier one. The sprawling, encyclopedic Art Institute attracts more than 1.3 million visitors each year. By comparison, the Terra Museum, located within a mile of the Art Institute, draws only about 85,000.

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