Test your knowledge of Chicago history! CHM director of exhibitions Paul Durica hosts this trivia night featuring a cash bar and a chance to win an exclusive CHM prize package.

Aaron Shkuda of the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities presents “Commodities Capital of the World? Building for the Future of Trading in Chicago.”

Featuring performances by Starla Thompson and Connie Shirakawa, join us as we highlight women storytellers and storytelling as a way of recounting history.

In anticipation of the May 20 opening of CHM’s Back Home: Polish Chicago exhibition, join the Guild of the Chicago History Museum on a morning filled with Polish history and culture.

Learn about the community work of LGBTQIA+ organizations who have fought for transgender equality for years, laying a foundation for LGBTQIA+ youth in Illinois to grow up with greater levels of support than ever before.

Enjoy the outdoors with a series of member-only tours of our Jaffee History Trail! Learn more about the trail’s history, as well as its natural and historical elements. Free and exclusive to members.

Enjoy the outdoors with a series of member-only tours of our Jaffee History Trail! Learn more about the trail’s history, as well as its natural and historical elements. Free and exclusive to members.

Tikia K. Hamilton of Loyola University Chicago presents “Before Brown v. Board of Education.”

Enjoy the outdoors with a series of member-only tours of our Jaffee History Trail! Learn more about the trail’s history, as well as its natural and historical elements. Free and exclusive to members.

Enjoy the outdoors with a series of member-only tours of our Jaffee History Trail! Learn more about the trail’s history, as well as its natural and historical elements. Free and exclusive to members.

Presented by The Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum, join us for a dialogue featuring journalist and fashion collector David Nash and designer and author Steven Stolman.

Lisa Yun Lee, executive director of the National Public Housing Museum, will speak about the history, vision, and future of the NPHM.

Members get to see Back Home: Polish Chicago first! Join us for a tour of the exhibition with CHM chief historian Peter T. Alter and other CHM staff, followed by a reception. Free and exclusive to members and Historical Alliance.

The Guild of the Chicago History Museum warmly requests the pleasure of your company for a Guild Impreza, featuring cocktails, an enlightening program, and a fabulous dinner celebrating the opening of Back Home: Polish Chicago.

Celebrate Chicago’s AAPI community and join us for AAPI Heritage Month, which takes place in May to commemorate May 7, 1843, when the first Japanese immigrant arrived in the US, and May 10, 1869, when the transcontinental railroad, built by numerous Chinese immigrant workers, was completed.

CHM members and Historical Alliance get exclusive access to our exhibitions, collections, and staff. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to go behind the scenes!