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Welcome to the Chicago History Museum pressroom. Please feel free to browse through all of our releases or skip to information of particular interest using one of the following links:

For More Information

Media inquiries regarding the Chicago History Museum should be directed to Public Relations Manager Lauren Dolan via phone 312.799.2161 or e-mail pressinfo@chicagohistory.org.

Program and event inquiries from the general public should be directed to our Visitor Services office via phone 312.642.4600 or e-mail reception@chicagohistory.org.

Student Inquiries: While the Museum greatly supports students using its resources, requests for interviews with curators and/or video-recording of the Museum may be denied due to the high volume of requests during peak times, such as the end of a semester. The Museum may also deny your request during its busiest visitation periods or during special Museum events, such as exhibition openings and special programs. We will review each request on a case-by-case basis, and we regret that we cannot accommodate every proposal. Thank you for your understanding.

Bertha Honoré Palmer Exhibition Press Kit

The Chicago History Museum is proud to present Bertha Honoré Palmer, an exhibition that explores one of the most historically significant figures of late 19th-century America.

The press release, image sheet, and photos from the exhibition are available for download.

Making History Awards 2009 Press Kit

The Chicago History Museum is proud to announce the 2009 recipients of the Making History Awards. The press release and photos of the recipients are available for download.

Lincoln Treasures Press Kit

This press kit includes information related to the Lincoln Treasures exhibition and other Lincoln Bicentennial activities.

FashioNext Press Kit

This press kit features the FashioNext design competition featuring established Chicago designers who are each creating a couture garment inspired by one of five selected pieces from the exhibition, Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum.

Please contact Lauren Dolan at 312.799.2161 or pressinfo@chicagohistory.org to request the entire kit, including hi-res image files and hard copy.

Download individual documents from the FashioNext press kit:

> View the designers' sketches for FashioNext

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Press Kit

This press kit features the year-long celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

Please contact Lauren Dolan at 312.799.2161 or pressinfo@chicagohistory.org to request the entire kit, including hi-res image files and hard copy.

> Download the entire Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial press kit, including hi-res image files (Zip, 100 MB)

Download individual documents from the Lincoln Bicentennial press kit:

Chic Chicago Press Kit

This press kit features the exhibition Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum.

Please contact Lauren Dolan at 312.799.2161 or pressinfo@chicagohistory.org to request the entire kit, including hi-res image files and hard copy.

> Preview images of five of the gowns included in the exhibition

> Download the entire Chic Chicago press kit, including hi-res image files (Zip, 176 MB)

Download individual documents from the Chic Chicago press kit:

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

> Chic Chicago
> Chicago: Crossroads of America
> Imagining Chicago: The Dioramas
> Sensing Chicago
> Treasures

Recent Exhibitions

> Catholic Chicago
> Big Picture: A New View of Painting in Chicago
> Schaumburg: From Cornfield to Woodfield
> Quilts: A Patchwork History
> Mapping Chicago: The Past and the Possible
> Is It Real?

Upcoming Events

For a comprehensive list of upcoming programs and events, please be sure to read our media calendar. For past events, see our Press Release Archive.

 

06/29/2009 |  50th Annual 4th of July Celebration
06/17/2009 |  Lincoln Park Block by Block
06/16/2009 |  Emancipation or Preservation? Performance
05/12/2009 |  Summer Movies in the Park
05/11/2009 |  Announcing the Chicago Treasures Spring 2009 Series
05/01/2009 |  Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at the Chicago History Museum
03/25/2009 |  The Gettysburg Address on View for a Limited Time
01/12/2009 |  Celebrate and Remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
12/01/2008 |  Holiday Happenings at the Chicago History Museum
10/15/2008 |  Da Franchises, Da Fans, Da Finest
09/25/2008 |  FashioNext: Design-Inspired Fashion Competition
09/19/2008 |  Announcing the Fall Chicago Treasures
09/15/2008 |  Debate Watch at the Chicago History Museum
08/14/2008 |  I Was There: The 1968 Democratic National Convention
06/23/2008 |  Celebrate a Traditional Star-Spangled Independence Day
03/18/2008 |  Boat, Bike, Kayak, or Walk Through History this Spring
02/26/2008 |  The American Presidency
02/15/2008 |  2008 Making History Awards
02/14/2008 |  Museum Honors Our Nation’s Presidents on February 18
02/08/2008 |  Revisit 1968 with the Chicago History Museum
01/03/2008 |  Touch and Go: Studs Terkel Book Signing
12/11/2007 |  Winter Programs at the Chicago History Museum
12/04/2007 |  Out at CHM Explores the LGBT Past and Its Impact on Current Events
11/27/2007 |  Celebrate the Holidays with the Chicago History Museum
11/15/2007 |  Museum Honors Rock Band Chicago on Landmark 40th Anniversary
10/10/2007 |  Subliminal Strings: DJ Spooky Spins Chicago History
10/09/2007 |  Chicago Treasures Series Featuring Jim Belushi Rescheduled for November 7
09/25/2007 |  Chicago Treasures Series Features Stuart Dybek
09/20/2007 |  The Band Chicago Performs A Special Concert For CHM Members Only!!!
09/13/2007 |  Project Sunday Looks At History Through Film
09/12/2007 |  Chicago Treasures Series Returns With The Band Chicago
08/29/2007 |  3,2,1, Action…Project Sunday at the Chicago History Museum
08/22/2007 |  Conversations with Chicago Icons
08/20/2007 |  Museum Hosts Jim Belushi, Documentary Films & The Second City

 

Media Advisories

04/30/2009 | Gettysburg Address Closing
04/15/2009 | FashioNext Finale Event
02/20/2009 | FashioNext Finalists Announced
02/18/2009 | 2009 Making History Award Recipients Announced
10/16/2008 | Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Announcement
09/22/2008 | Chic Chicago Opens this Saturday 9.27.08
03/31/2008 | Safe on Campus? Curbing Violence in our Schools
03/20/2008 | Quilts: A Patchwork History Closing this Sunday

News of Note

02/03/2009 | North & Clark Café Opens at Chicago History Museum
12/29/2008 | Sharon Gist Gilliam Appointed Chair of Chicago History Museum
10/31/2008 | Studs Dies at Age 96
05/08/2008 | Great Chicago Stories: A Virtual Field Trip Through History
03/31/2008 | 3-Year Project Brings Architectural Photographs to the Public Eye
12/13/2007 | 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" Legal Documents Archive Acquired by CHM
09/27/2007 | Museum honors Principal
08/30/2007 | Museum's Couture Collection Travels to NYC

Current Media Calendar

06/29/2009 | Calendar of Events--July, August, September 2009

 

Chicago History Museum Fact Sheets

 

05/21/2008 | Costume Collection
07/12/2007 | Museum Fact Sheet
09/01/2006 | Renovation Fact Sheet
09/01/2006 | The Chicago Room
09/01/2006 | Family Activity Stations

 

Chicago History Museum Biographies

Executive Staff
> Gary T. Johnson, President
> Russell Lewis, Executive Vice President and Chief Historian
> Phyllis Rabineau, Vice President of Interpretation and Education

Curators and Historians
> Olivia Mahoney, Chief Curator
> Peter Alter, Curator
> Joy Bivins, Curator
> Jill Thomas Grannan, Curator
> John Russick, Senior Curator
> Timothy Long, Curator
> Sarah Marcus, Historian and Managing Editor, Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago

 

Annual Reports

 

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