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Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times.
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The United Kingdom’s new monarch, King Charles III, brings to mind the last time our city went king crazy, Chicago. The Field Museum was one of six institutions in the United States chosen to ...
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is once again under the spotlight after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star flag whose description ...
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 – January 16, 1906) was an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores.His business was renowned for its then-exceptional level of quality and customer service.
Out in Chicago: LGBT History at the Crossroads. Chicago: Chicago History Museum. ISBN 978-0-913820-35-3 – via Google Books. Baim, Tracy, ed. (2008). Out and Proud in Chicago. Chicago: Agate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-57284-643-2. de la Croix, Sukie (2012). Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall. UPCC Book Collections on ...
As a result, it has been named "The City of the Crossroads". Amtrak, the national passenger rail service, provides service at the Gilman station. Gilman is 13 miles (21 km) west of Watseka, the Iroqouis county seat; 39 miles (63 km) east of Chenoa and Interstate 55; 49 miles (79 km) north of Champaign; and 87 miles (140 km) south of Chicago.