The Bronzeville Origins of Black History Month
In 1913, a sturdy brick and limestone building was completed and opened to the public; standing at five stories tall, what would come to be known as the Wabash Avenue … Learn More
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Celebrating the Lunar New Year and Chicago’s Asian Communities
To mark the Lunar New Year, CHM curator of religion and community history Rebekah Coffman highlights a Year of the Rabbit item from our Asian American Small Business Association collection … Learn More
The Bowman Dairy Company of Chicago
January 11 is marked on the calendar as National Milk Day, commemorating the day the first glass bottled milk deliveries began en masse in the US, starting with the state … Learn More
The Abakanowicz Research Center’s Top 5 Most Requested Items of 2022
Interested in learning something new in 2023? In our latest blog post, CHM director of research and access Ellen Keith reveals the top five most requested collection items at the … Learn More
A Vivian Maier Mystery Solved
As a young girl, Rev. Christine V. Hides loved to read and dreamed of solving mysteries. Now Hides has helped the Chicago History Museum solve one. After visiting the Vivian … Learn More
The Trianon Ballroom: What Would Have Been 100 Years
Chicago has had more than its fair share of big band and jazz dance halls across the city to accommodate nearly everyone’s musical taste. On December 6, 1922—100 years ago—at … Learn More
Fashions of the Hour: The Axis of Art and Industry
This post is from Marissa Croft, CHM’s research and insights analyst and author of our Fashion and Costume Research Guide. As a PhD candidate at Northwestern University, she also researches … Learn More
Seeing Yourself in Sacred Texts
This year, National Bible Week began Sunday, November 20, and ends on Saturday, November 26, 2022. To mark the occasion, CHM curator of religion and community history Rebekah Coffman highlights … Learn More
Chicago History Museum Receives $50,000 Grant from Bank of America
Bank of America will support the Museum’s goal to represent Latino/a/x communities in an ongoing, sustained way. Specifically, the funding will fuel the Museum’s youth workforce development opportunities for Chicago’s … Learn More
CHM Staff Spotlight: Elena Gonzales
Elena Gonzales joined the Chicago History Museum in spring 2021 as a guest curator and began as the Curator of Civic Engagement and Social Justice in October 2022. In this … Learn More