All members will be able to bring two additional guests to the Museum for the entire month of January!

Join one of our volunteer gallery interpreters for a 30-minute tour of our permanent exhibition Chicago: Crossroads of America that focuses on a specific aspect of Chicago’s history.

Mix and mingle with fellow members while enjoying light snacks and drinks in the North & Clark Café.

Join us for a scholarly presentation and lively discussion.

Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy at this family-friendly event.

Join one of our volunteer gallery interpreters for a 30-minute tour of our permanent exhibition Chicago: Crossroads of America that focuses on a specific aspect of Chicago’s history.

Get to know CHM director of curatorial affairs Charles E. Bethea, one of our newest staff members, in a casual interview with vice president of interpretation and education John Russick.

Join one of our volunteer gallery interpreters for a 30-minute tour of our permanent exhibition Chicago: Crossroads of America that focuses on a specific aspect of Chicago’s history.

Each year, Chicago’s Japanese American community comes together to remember President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

Discover the lives behind the legends of the American presidency through music, crafts, and storytelling.

Enjoy a members-only screening of Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project (2016), a documentary produced by the youth film crew from Breakthrough Urban Ministries and CHM historian and director of the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History Peter T. Alter.

Join us for a scholarly presentation and lively discussion.

Join one of our volunteer gallery interpreters for a 30-minute tour of our permanent exhibition Chicago: Crossroads of America that focuses on a specific aspect of Chicago’s history.

Sick of the same old after-work grind? Grab your friends and head on over for History Happy Hour! This quarterly series features two drinks on us, and activities highlighting our collection and exhibitions.