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Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, Inc.

The Instituto Cervantes is a public not-for-profit institution founded by the Government of Spain in 1991 to promote Spanish language teaching and knowledge of the cultures of Spanish speaking countries throughout the world. It is now the largest international Spanish teaching organization, and has more than 70 centers in 4 continents. The Instituto Cervantes was awarded with the Príncipe de Asturias Prize in 2005 in the category of Humanities and Communication.

 

The central headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes are in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, and in Madrid.  The Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, Inc. was established in 1996.

 


Our Hours

Office

Library

Gallery

Monday

9am-7:00pm

CLOSED

10am-7:00pm

Tuesday - Thursday

9am-7:00pm

11am-7:00pm

10am-7:00pm

Friday

9am-5pm

9am-3pm

10am-3pm

Saturday

9am-1pm

9am-1pm

9am-1pm

Sunday

CLOSED

CLOSED

CLOSED

 

The Instituto Cervantes will be closed the following days in 2011:

3 January - New Year

30 May - Memorial Day

4 July - Independence Day

3 September - Labour Day

5 September - Labour Day

24 November - Thanksgiving

25 November - Thanksgiving

26 November - Thanksgiving

23 December - Christmas

24 December - Christmas

31 December - New Year's Eve

2 January 2012 - New Year's Eve

 

Please note the center will be open the following days, but no classes will be held:

17 January - Martin Luther King

21 February - President´s Day

21 April - Jueves santo

22 April - Viernes santo

10 October - Columbus Day

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