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158:, and admission was free. Most of the windows in the museum were illuminated with artificial light to highlight the colors and intricate details. Since each piece was protected by a layer of bulletproof glass, patrons were encouraged to come close to the works and even bring food into the galleries. Curator Rolf Achilles said, "It’s one of the very few museums in the world you can stroll through eating an 638: 244:"Smith Museum Exhibits Richard Driehaus' Collection; The Richard H. Driehaus Gallery of Stained Glass Features Major Works By Louis Comfort Tiffany". Business Wire. August 17, 2001. 289: 740: 162:
cone right in front of the art. We don’t keep people away". In December 2013, less than a year before its closure, the museum installed 22 stained glass windows in the
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The adjacent Richard H. Driehaus Gallery of Stained Glass Windows opened in 2001 and closed in September 2017. It was devoted to ecclesiastical and secular windows by
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Named after prominent Chicago collectors E.B. and Maureen Smith, the museum held over 150 individual pieces displayed in four galleries:
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and interrelated businesses between 1890 and 1930. The windows were from the extensive Tiffany collection of Chicago businessman
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entertainment complex. It permanently closed in October 2014. It was the first
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Navy Pier
Chicago
Illinois
exhibition
Chicago’s
Navy Pier
American
museum
stained glass windows
Victorian
Prairie
Modern
John LaFarge
Adolfas Valeška
Ed Paschke
Michael Jordan
glass
soda
Marie Herndl's
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Richard H. Driehaus
shops
theatres
restaurants
ice cream
Chicago Pedway
Macy's
"Stained glass museum closing at Navy Pier"
Archived
"The forgotten stained glass masterwork of Marie Herndl"

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