Chicago Botanic Garden

ENJOY YOUR VISIT — Exhibitions

In addition to horticultural displays, the Garden presents a wide variety of exhibitions, including fine photography and an array of artwork. Click here for a map of the Garden's Regenstein Center, where most exhibitions take place.

PHOTO: Cypripedium acauleLosing Paradise?
Endangered Plants Here and Around the World


January 16 – April 11, 2010

Regenstein Center

This exhibition features 44 original botanical artworks of threatened and endangered plants from the United States and around the world. Curated by the American Society of Botanical Artists, and developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the Center for Plant Conservation, the exhibition draws attention to threatened and endangered plants from all over the world.

The artwork in the book is accompanied by the story behind the plant’s endangerment and how the artist went about finding and capturing it artistically. Artists with works in the show are from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Some of the world’s most well-known botanical artists are included, as are some relative newcomers to the field.

The president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven, has written the introduction to the book accompanying the exhibition, and the dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Sir Peter Crane, has contributed an essay on botanical art.

Lenhardt Library
Throughout the Year

Visit the Lenhardt Library throughout the year and enjoy its exhibitions, each of which also features a talk. For more information click here.

Wonderland ExpressPHOTO: robin watercolor art
November 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010

Take a magical trip to a winter wonderland exhibition of twinkling lights and holiday beauty at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Outside, 750,000 white lights sparkle and welcome you and your family to the Garden's wonderland. Inside the Regenstein Center, a 10,000-square-foot exhibition of miniature trains winds over bridges, under trestles, past waterfalls, and through dozens of Chicago's favorite landmarks. For more information click here.

 

Partial funding is provided by the Harriet Kay and Harold R. Burnstein Fund for Exhibitions.