SOLD OUT! Member Event | Garden Tour
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILCHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!
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Civic Season | Free Event
Civic Season | Independence Day 2025
Fri. July 4, 10:00 AM
It's Civic Season! Find inspiration, connect with community-serving organizations, and explore your creativity with multiple civic art workshops. What will your chapter add to Chicago’s story?
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SOLD OUT! Member Event | Garden Tour
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILCHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!
Summer Screenings | Love Affair(s)
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILThe Chicago History Museum is excited to be a host again for Summer Screenings, Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series!
Walking Tour | Paseo Boricua and Humboldt Park
Ciclo Urbano 2459 W. Division St., Chicago, ILJoin professional guide and local resident Eduardo Arocho on a walk through Humboldt Park.
Walking Tour | Glitterati on the Gold Coast
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin a CHM History Buff volunteer guide and whisk away to a time when Chicago’s rich and famous caroused on the coast.
Walking Tour | Pilsen Murals
National Museum of Mexican Art 1852 W. 19th St., Chicago, ILExperience 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.
Walking Tour | Hyde Park Murals
Pepperland Apartment building 1509–1517 E. 57th Street, Chicago, ILJoin 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.
NEW! Walking Tour | Union Park and Beyond in the West Loop
Carter Harrison Statue One block south of Union Park (1501 W. Randolph Street), Chicago, ILJoin storyteller and guide Connie Fairbanks on this exploration of the history of the Near West Side/West Loop from the late 1800s to the present.
Movies in the Parks | Selena
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILPresented in partnership with the Chicago Park District, join us in the Museum's backyard for a FREE screening of Selena (1997).
Member Event | Garden Tour
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILCHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!
Member Event | Garden Tour
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILCHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!
Summer Screenings | Salvador
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILThe Chicago History Museum is excited to be a host again for Summer Screenings, Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series!
Experience History Together
Experience History Together
Adult Group Tours
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.
Create Historic Moments
Create Historic Moments
Host an Event
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.
