Choose the areas for your group to visit

The Beckman Institute is a huge building full of exhibits and shared laboratory spaces. We would love to offer you a customized tour based on your group's size, interests and expertise.

Tours are offered between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Use our form to request to tour. It could include:

• Our first-floor exhibit on Arnold O. and Mabel Beckman
• The Illinois MRI Exhibit
• The Biomedical Imaging Center, home of two human MRI scanners
• Beckman's Microscopy Suite, home of Bugscope
• (dis)Ability Design Studio
• Various labs by request (with research on materials, neuroscience and neuroimaging, biophysics modeling, and more)

Please submit the tour form at least two weeks before your planned visit date.

Come and explore

You don't need to have a tour scheduled to enjoy the Beckman Institute. The building is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can walk through our public spaces on the first floor, like the Arnold Beckman and MRI exhibits.

Take a self-guided tour

Download our self-guided tour sheet. Use it to learn about our exhibits and find links to videos sharing more information.

While you're here, use the Illinois MRI Exhibit to help you answer the questions in the MRI Fact Check Game.

Parking

We can also accommodate various parking requests, including for buses. Learn more about parking.

Have questions? Ready to book a tour? Contact us.