Civic Season

Civic Season 2026 | Civic Day – June 20

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

The Chicago History Museum collaborates with local community leaders, artists, and youth to set the stage every summer for Civic Season in partnership with Made By Us.

OUT at CHM

OUT at CHM | South Side LGBTQIA+ Stories Trolley Tour

Harris Theater for Music and Dance 205 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL

This trolley tour with Mike McMains of Tours with Mike puts a spotlight on the South Loop’s and Bronzeville’s fascinating neighborhood evolutions along with their hidden LGBTQIA+ histories.

Walking Tour – Old Town

Walking Tour | Historic Old Town

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

Join 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 Season 2026 | Civic Day – June 27

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

The Chicago History Museum collaborates with local community leaders, artists, and youth to set the stage every summer for Civic Season in partnership with Made By Us.

2026 NCSS TPS Methods Academy – Midwest

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

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is proud to invite methods professors, doctoral students, and classroom teachers to a special free professional learning institute this summer!

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.

Van Tour – Bronzeville

Van Tour | Bronzeville

Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Office 2418 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL

Join author and historian Bernard Turner on this van tour to discover the ways African Americans shaped the history and culture of this South Side neighborhood.