Driehaus Museum

Driehaus Museum enthusiasts and new visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions, as well as the luxurious historic interiors of the Nickerson Mansion through this interactive app. Choose one of our self-guided tours and utilize the maps of all three floors while enjoying the Museum at your own pace. As you move from room to room, the app will notify you when you come across noteworthy details and objects. 

App features: 

Self-Guided Tours: Choose from multiple tours of the Museum that focus on the life of the Nickerson Mansion, our current special exhibitions, Museum collection highlights, or an excursion of Tiffany commissions “Beyond the Mansion.” 

Interactive Map: This Bluetooth enabled interactive map moves with you from room to room and offers insights into the magnificent interiors and people connected to the history of the Nickerson Mansion, as well as interesting facts about the decorative art objects within the Museum collection. 

 “Likes” Feature: Find rooms you are most interested in and add them to your “Likes” page to review and explore later. 

 About the Museum: The Richard H. Driehaus Museum inspires the global community through transformative experiences in art, architecture, and design with ongoing conversations of the Gilded Age. Its permanent collection of period decorative arts is presented in an immersive experience within the restored 1883 Nickerson Mansion, once known as Chicago’s “Marble Palace” located just steps from the Magnificent Mile. 

Richard H. Driehaus (1942-2021), the Museum’s founder and namesake, was a Chicago entrepreneur and preservationist with a long history of supporting projects in the arts and culture.  A vocal advocate for the application of humanistic values in the built environment, Driehaus nurtured his passion for architecture by funding initiatives in design excellence and historic preservation.