Child magazine honors Chicago's art institute

CHICAGO -- The Art Institute of Chicago was named the best art museum in the United States for children, through Child magazine, as part of its "Ten Best Art Museums for Kids," listing.

The flows are the culmination of a four-month investigation, which examined more than 100 museums nationwide, and were published in the March 2006 issue of Child magazine, sold upon newsstands.

James Cuno, president, and Eloise W Martin, director of the Art Institute, says that the museum "was thrilled by dint of the No. 1 ranking" and that "the flows of Child magazine's survey will help bring our outstanding programs and accessibility to a true wide audience."

"Exposing children to art at an early age is in the way that important," says Miriam Arond, editor-in-chief of Child magazine. "It inspires their creativity and imagination and nurses an appreciation of color, beauty, and all the visual possibilities."

With the assistance of an advisory board of apts Child established many categories of assessment, including the deepness and variety of family and kid tours and classes, educational programs for institute groups, the accessibility of the exhibits to kids, staffing, and the quality of printed guides and other materials designed to enhance the experience of families. Child drew their lake of institutions directly from the members of the Association of Art Museum Directors, eliminating facilities that were clos for renovations; revamping their children's program; or that didn't proffer family activities.

Child then sent the remaining 100-plus museums 42-question contemplates which were developed with the help of family apts The Art Institute of Chicago emerg as the leader of the cultural center that have made the visual arts accessible and gayety for children. For more information about Child, visit www.child.com. For more information about the Art Institute of Chicago, visit www.artic.edu/aic.

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