Chicago's famed Art Institute lions will be conspicuously absent for the next several weeks. They are getting a much-needed bath.
's famed Art Institute lions will be conspicuously absent for the next several weeks. They are getting a much-needed bath. It's been 21 years since their last cleaning.Tuesday, where they'll be steam-cleaned and then coated with a wax preservative.The lions have sported many different looks over the years, wearing Christmas wreaths during the holidays and sports caps, helmets and jerseys to celebrate Chicago sports teams.
The sculptor created one of the lions with a look of defiance and the other is shown on the prowl, but they were never given names. Larson said she loves how the public interacts with the lions but remind everybody to never climb on top. She recounted a story where one woman learned the hard way. "A guard told me a story of how a woman in short shorts in the middle of August went to climb and sit on the top of the lion, and he was like 'Oh my God please don't do that mam!'All the news you need to know, every day
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