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.
Events at CHM
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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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OUT at CHM | Downtown LGBTQIA+ Stories Walking Tour
11 East Ida B. Wells Dr 11 East Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, ILJoin guide Mike McMains of Tours with Mike to discover Chicago’s hidden LGBTQIA+ stories from the 19th century to today while exploring the city’s downtown area.
Civic Season | Civic Saturday
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin us for Civic Season as we explore the city’s activist history to transform your ideas into action through workshops, tours, art projects, and documentaries about today’s issues.
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 | Sheffield Stroll
Fullerton Red/Brown Line L stop 943 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, ILJoin CHM History Buff volunteer guide Dave Gudewicz to explore the history of the Sheffield/DePaul neighborhood.
Summer Screenings | The Queen of My Dreams
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 | 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 | Historic Old Town
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin CHM volunteer Carol Fitzgibbons to explore stories of recovery from the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and when Old Town was the center of Chicago bohemianism in the 1960s and ’70s.
Civic Season | Civic Saturday
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin us for Civic Season as we explore the city’s activist history to transform your ideas into action through workshops, tours, art projects, and documentaries about today’s issues.
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.
NEW! Walking Tour | Gatsby and the Gold Coast
St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church 1424 N. Dearborn St, Chicago, ILCelebrate the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby on this walking tour with CHM director of exhibitions Paul Durica.
Walking Tour | Historic Prairie Avenue
Glessner House 1800 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago, ILOn this walking tour with guide and researcher Tony Szabelski, stroll through the neighborhood that once boasted Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Richardson Romanesque-style homes.
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.
