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Lecture | The Guild

The Guild Presents | Sketching Emmett Till’s Legacy

Thu. Nov. 6, 10:00 AM

The Guild of the Chicago History Museum invites you to a talk featuring Margot McMahon, daughter of Franklin McMahon, the artist-reporter who sketched the trial of Till’s murderers for Life

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Drawing by Franklin McMahon of Moses Wright testifiying at Emmett Till trial.

Summer Screenings | A Date For Mad Mary

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

The Chicago History Museum is excited to be a host again for Summer Screenings, Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series!

Summer Screenings | U Are the Universe

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

The Chicago History Museum is excited to be a host again for Summer Screenings, Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series!

Walking Tour – Lincoln Park

Walking Tour | Lincoln Park’s Lost History   

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

On this walking tour guide and researcher Tony Szabelski, explore the park’s history from the Couch Tomb to the tragic deaths along the High Bridge and the site of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Content warning: Discussion of death by suicide in association with the High Bridge.

Summer Screenings | Jippie No More!

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

The Chicago History Museum is excited to be a host again for Summer Screenings, Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series!

Member Event | Garden Tour

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

CHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!

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.

Summer Screenings | Salvador

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

The Chicago History Museum is excited to be a host again for Summer Screenings, Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series!

SOLD OUT! Member Event | Garden Tour

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

CHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!

SOLD OUT! Member Event | Garden Tour

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

CHM members are invited on this exclusive tour of our Richard M. and Shirley H. Jaffee History Trail led by Vivant Gardening Services owner Kasey Eaves!

Movies in the Parks | Selena

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

Presented in partnership with the Chicago Park District, join us in the Museum's backyard for a FREE screening of Selena (1997).

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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