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.
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Bus Tour | City Tour
Bus Tour | North Side Pursuits: Infamy from Lincoln Park to Edgewater
Sat. Sept. 20, 10:00 AM
Noted author and Chicago historian Richard Lindberg leads this tour of famous and forgotten crime locations and residences in Chicago’s North Side lakefront neighborhoods.
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Walking Tour | Bronzeville
SE corner of 35th Street and Martin Luther King Drive Chicago, ILAuthor and historian Bernard Turner leads this walking tour that highlights Chicago’s most influential African Americans and their contributions to the city.
Summer Screenings | A Date For Mad Mary
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 | 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.
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.
Bike Tour | Chicago’s Fabulous Fountains
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILExplore the fountains of Lincoln Park and the Near North Side with Greg Borzo, author of Chicago’s Fabulous Fountains (2017).
Summer Screenings | Last Dance
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.
Partner Event | Dave Truitt Historical Documentary Series: “A City at War: Chicago”
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin us for a free screening of A City at War: Chicago and a panel talk with retired Navy commander and professor of military psychology Joseph E. Troiani, PhD, filmmaker Brian Kallies, and activist Hedy Ratner, moderated by reporter Mike Flannery.
Summer Screenings | Swoon
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!
NEW! Walking Tour | Mary Bartelme Park and Beyond in the West Loop
Mary Bartelme Park Corner of S. Peoria St. and W. Adams St., 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.
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.
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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.
