On July 25, 2023, a day that would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signed a proclamation designating the establishment of a noncontiguous national monument to honor the racially motivated murder of a Black child for whistling at a white woman. With locations in Mississippi and Illinois, the monument will More
The Urban History Seminar series feature a scholarly presentation followed by lively discussion. Rebekah Coffman, CHM curator of religion and community history, and Chris Redgrave, architectural photographer at Historic England, present “How to Save a Building with a Camera: Architectural Photography and Its Role in the Preservation Movement in London and Chicago, 1960s–2020s.” This talk More
The Urban History Seminar series feature a scholarly presentation followed by lively discussion. Betsy Schlabach, Associate Professor of History at Lawrence University, presents “Tracking Black Women’s Informal Labor in Chicago’s Municipal and Carceral Archives: A Closer Look at Bronzeville’s Policy Game.” Schlabach will share material from her recently published book Dream Books and Gamblers: Black More
Presentado en colaboración con La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón (LEBDC), acompáñenos en una conversación alrededor del relato de historias culturales. LEBDC abrirá el evento con una exhibición de musica de bomba, seguída por una charla dirigida por la fundadora de LEBDC Ivelisse Díaz y el fabricante de barriles Rubén Gerena sobre cómo la bomba, uno More
Presented in partnership with La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón (LEBDC), join us for a conversation about cultural storytelling. LEBDC will open the event with a bomba drumming performance, followed by a talk led by LEBDC founder Ivelisse Díaz and drum maker Rubén Gerena on how bomba, one of the oldest forms of music in Puerto More
Presented in partnership with the Latino Policy Forum, Chicago Urban League, and other partners, make your voices heard and join us at CHM for Chicago’s Black & Brown Future: Mayoral Runoff debate between candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas. The debate will be an hour long with a reception in the Millions of Moments exhibition. More
Delve into the history of Chicago’s West Loop with local author and historian Connie Fairbanks in conversation with WTTW host Geoffrey Baer as they discuss Fairbanks’s new book, Chicago’s West Loop: Then and Now (2022). What once was a manufacturing and wholesale warehouse area from the late 1890s to the 1950s, a fashionable place to More
Illinois has been home to four US presidents: Lincoln, Grant, Reagan, and Obama. Commemorate Presidents’ Day at CHM and discover the lives behind the legends of the American presidency. Enjoy hands-on activities at your own pace, created with families of young children in mind, including: An Oval Office interactive to learn more about the president’s More
Commemorate the enduring legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at our annual family-friendly event. Join us as we reflect on his life and work—particularly in Chicago such as the Chicago Freedom Movement—through special family-friendly activities and performances for all ages. As with all our Commemorative Days, the day’s activities are designed to honor More
The Urban History Seminar series feature a scholarly presentation followed by lively discussion. Historian and author Rima Lunin Schultz and Ann Durkin Keating, the Dr. C. Frederick Toenniges Professor of History at North Central College, present “Jane Addams, Social Planning, and Early Public Housing on Chicago’s Near West Side.” Beginning in 1889, Jane Addams fashioned More