Member Event | Conservation Chat

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

CHM members are invited to an exclusive talk with Julie Benner, assistant conservator for costume and textiles, and Michael Hall, costume mount maker, about Museum conservation projects and industry practices.

Member Event | Author Talk – Will Quam, “Fire and Clay”

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

CHM members are invited to a conversation featuring Rebekah Coffman, Curator of Religion and Community History at CHM, and Brick of Chicago’s Will Quam on his forthcoming book, Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago.

Member Event | Preview of “Facing Freedom”

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

CHM members are invited to an exclusive preview of the newly refreshed Facing Freedom exhibition before it opens to the public. The evening includes presentations by key staff members, including Peter T. Alter, the Gary T. Johnson Chief Historian and Director of the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History.