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Presented in partnership with the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, join us to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Society for Human Rights and its founder, Henry Gerber.
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October is LGBT History Month, and we’re honoring it with two walking tours looking at some of Chicago’s LGBTQIA+ history with tour guide Mike McMains of Tours with Mike.
Join the Chicago Theological Society in partnership with CHM for an incredible journey around important sites to the Chicago Civil Rights Movement and Operation Breadbasket.
Join artist and educator Juarez Hawkins for a lively historical tour of the murals along the Metra underpasses linking Hyde Park Boulevard and Cornell Avenue in Hyde Park, one of the city’s most engaging neighborhoods.
Author and historian Bernard Turner leads this walking tour that highlights Chicago’s most influential African Americans and their contributions to the city.
Explore stories of recovery from the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and the neighborhood at the center of Chicago bohemianism in the 1960s and 1970s.
Delve into Chicago’s crime history with Richard Lindberg, author of the best-selling Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago (1999) and 19 other books.
Experience the grandness of Pilsen’s murals with poet and multidisciplinary artist Luis Tubens. The public art on railroad viaducts, buildings, and doors shows an evolution of the community’s Mexican identity, heritage, and activism.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, CHM scholars engage in a discussion on the diverse ways sacredness has been preserved, shared, and activated in Chicago from the past to the present.
Join us to celebrate Spooky Season at CHM with a screening of the Chicago-based horror film Child’s Play (1988, dir. Tom Holland).
Abdul Basith Basheer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill presents “Islam on a City Campus: Muslim Student Community Building and Activism at UIC.”
Celebrate 50 years of preserving fashion history and supporting the Chicago History Museum’s world-renowned costume collection!
Art is a powerful tool for social change. In this two-part seminar, we'll take a deep dive into the new exhibition Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s … Learn More
Stories are always better when shared! Whether you are a professional tour operator, group planner, or you simply have a lot of friends and family, we have an experience for you. Customized itineraries, Museum tours, and city tours are just some of the ways in which we can specialize your group’s visit.
Sip cocktails next to one of Chicago’s first “L” cars. Dance the night away against a backdrop of Lincoln Park’s lush gardens. Celebrate your life-changing moments in a place dedicated to embracing memories.
