A Museum Closes, But Does Anyone Care?

When Chicago’s Terra Museum of American Art shuts its doors this weekend, it will represent a major loss in the city’s cultural landscape. Or will it? “The Terra Museum’s failure to draw crowds even after effectively eliminating its admission charge a few years ago led to the decision to close… [but] most Chicagoans, including members of the city’s art establishment, have greeted the closing with a collective shrug, even though it leaves the city with only two major art museums.”