The iconic bronze lions who guard the main entrance of Chicago’s Art Institute now have one more reason to be proud.
The Art Institute of Chicago has been voted the top U.S. museum — and third most popular museum worldwide — in Trip Advisor’s Travelers’ Choice Attractions awards, in which readers rank their favorites “based on the quality and quantity of traveler reviews of attractions” featured on the site, according to a statement reported by Crain’s.
The 1-million-square-foot museum, which is second in size among U.S. art museums to only the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was lauded in the ranking for housing “beautiful art from all periods” in a building that “itself is art.”
The Huffington Post recently compiled a list of the best museums in America.