<P> The Chicago Athenaeum is an international museum of architecture and design, based in Chicago, Illinois . The museum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics, landscape architecture, and urban planning . Among its goals is to advance public education on how design can positively impact the human environment . </P> <P> The museum was founded in 1988 in Chicago and later on developed satellite extensions in Schaumburg, Illinois and Galena, Illinois . In Schaumburg, the Museum maintains a 20 - acre International Sculpture Park with important works of contemporary art from Poland, Israel, Finland, Norway, Germany, Greece and Switzerland . </P> <P> The museum aims to improve public knowledge and awareness on architecture and design, and how these two fields can affect human environment and the quality of life . It has held exhibitions on architecture and design in several countries, and also holds several international programs abroad . It currently maintains offices and operations in Chicago, Schaumburg, and Galena, Illinois, as well as Dublin, Ireland and Athens, Greece . </P>

The chicago athenaeum museum of architecture and design