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A major museum and research center for Chicago and U.S. history, the Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration and civic engagement. CHM will be open Monday, 1/20, with free admission for IL residents.
Visit Us - Chicago History Museum
Chicago History Museum visitors are not required to show proof of vaccination. While masks are recommended and appreciated, they are only required in the Abakanowicz Research Center. Learn more
Exhibitions - Chicago History Museum
A century after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Chicago History Museum invites visitors to explore women’s activism in Chicago to secure the right to vote—and beyond.
About Us - Chicago History Museum
Welcome to the Chicago History Museum! Learn More About The Organization How We Fulfill Our Mission Joining Our Team
Collections - Chicago History Museum
The Chicago History Museum’s holdings of books and other published materials include both primary and secondary sources that document the city of Chicago, its people, its culture, and its industry. Learn more
Events from January 12 – February 22 – Chicago History Museum
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL This panel event presented in partnership with Chicago Dance History Project and NEXUS Performing Arts explores Chicago’s history of breaking.
Museum History - Chicago History Museum
The Chicago History Museum is situated on ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi people, who cared for the land until forced out by non-Native settlers. Founded in 1856 and incorporated in 1857 by an act of the state legislature, the Chicago Historical Society and its collection grew and opened its first building at the corner of Dearborn and ...
Abakanowicz Research Center - Chicago History Museum
2024年12月22日 · The Chicago History Museum’s Abakanowicz Research Center is one of the premier research facilities in Chicago, and it carries on the tradition of serving the public the Chicago Historical Society established with its founding in 1856.
Join Our Team - Chicago History Museum
More than two hundred staff, volunteers, and interns work year-round to make the Chicago History Museum an inspiring place to share, learn, and engage with our community.
Sensing Chicago - Chicago History Museum
Use your five senses to uncover the past and discover that history is all around Chicago. Designed with our younger visitors in mind, children can ride a high-wheel bicycle, hear the Great Chicago Fire, smell a wild onion from which Chicago got its name, catch a fly ball at Comiskey Park, and dive into a giant Chicago-style hot dog!