In 2020, based on previous connections through the Museum’s exhibition, American Medina: Stories of Muslim Chicago, Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) contacted CHM’s Studs Terkel Center for Oral History regarding collaboration … Learn More
In 1980, a Chicago steel mill called Wisconsin Steel Works, large enough to take up most of South Deering, a community area on the city’s far South Side, closed its … Learn More
At a time when depictions of African Americans in the media were largely negative and used racist stereotypes, Chicago-based Ebony magazine was founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson at … Learn More
Today, ADAPT is a grassroots disability rights organization that organizes nonviolent direct action and acts of civil disobedience to fight for the civil and human rights of people with disabilities. … Learn More
Mrs. John Barry standing, holding kittens at a cat show, Chicago, 1906. DN-0004489, Chicago Daily News collection, CHM International Cat Day was started on August 8, 2002, to raise awareness … Learn More
Since January 2024, CHM curatorial volunteer Nez Castro, a senior in history at University of Illinois Chicago, has been working with CHM curator of civic engagement and social justice Elena … Learn More
CHICAGO (July 19, 2024) – A historic letter, penned in 1898 by famed Potawatomi leader Simon Pokagon, has been donated to the Chicago History Museum by trustee John Low. The … Learn More
As part of their work this summer, CHM curatorial research interns Tori Harris and Neive Rodriguez have compiled a list of resources on Chicago’s West Side. Both are students at … Learn More
July 2024 marks 45 years since the infamous “Disco Demolition Night” promotional event at a July 12, 1979, Chicago White Sox twilight doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers that erupted into … Learn More
As Chicago’s 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) approaches, the news seems relentless with its coverage. How have past conventions been covered and viewed by the public? The upcoming 2024 DNC … Learn More
