Exhibitions at CHM
See what the Museum has to offer, both in-person and online!
Featured exhibition
Back Home: Polish Chicago
Through the lens of Chicago’s Polish communities, experience the journeys immigrants have taken to get to the city, the ways they have established themselves in its neighborhoods, and the duality of feeling a deep connection to two places at once.
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Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s
OPENING MAY 18 – Chicago activists in the 1960s and ’70s used design to create powerful imagery to amplify their visions for social change. See more than 100 posters, fliers, signs, and more from the era, expressing often radical ideas about race, war, gender equality, and sexuality that challenged mainstream culture of the time.
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City on Fire: Chicago 1871
Designed for families to learn, explore, and discover the impact the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 had on the city and the people who lived here.
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