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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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Fourth of July at the Chicago History Museum.

Partner Event | Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom

DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL

We’re excited to be a part of the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center’s Juneteenth celebration!

SOLD OUT! Partner Event | Civic Engagement or Bust!

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL

This Civic Season, Hull-House Museum will partner with the Chicago History Museum and Made By Us to present: Civic Stories, Civic Songs. At this community-building event, we will gather to eat, sing, and share stories of civic engagement.

Event Series Civic Season

Partner Event | Civic Season Juneteenth

DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL

Join us as we start Civic Season at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center’s Juneteenth Annual Community BBQ celebration! We're supporting our partner in commemoration of Juneteenth and the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States of America.

Event Series Civic Season

Civic Season | Civic Saturday

Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL

Join 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.

Event Series Civic Season

Civic Season | Civic Saturday

Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL

Join 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.

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.

History Happy Hour 2/26/2019

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.

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