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Chicago History Museum
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101 years old
CHICAGO, Illinois
United States
Last Login: 5/28/2009
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Chicago History Museum's Interests
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| General | Hearing stories and telling stories. Touring the town on the 'L.' Catching a great show. Showing friends around the most interesting historic pubs of Chicago. Making a great find at an estate sale. Exploring Chicago architecture. | | Music | DJ Spooky, Chicago (the band), the Sacred Hearts, the Katie Todd Band, Michael Glabicki, Maggie Speaks, the Redwalls, Air This Side of Caution, Cornmeal, Catfish Haven, The Samples, The Changes, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Umphrey's McGee | | Movies | Everything from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the Blues Brothers to thought-provoking documentaries, like the ones in our film series Project Sunday | | Television | What can I say? This is a great town for television--especially the news: WBBM (aka CBS2), WLS, WGN, WFLD, WMAQ, and WTTW (especially Chicago Tonight)--we've got it all; oh, and love documentaries, like Forgotten Genius (about the life of Dr. Percy Julian), Chicago: City of the Century, and the series History Detectives | | Books | The Encyclopedia of Chicago; Devil in the White City; Touch and Go; Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul; Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era; The Chicago “L”; American Dreams: Lost and Found; Chicago's Urban Nature: A Guide to the City's Architecture and Landscape; Chicago in the Sixties: Remembering a Time of Change; Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties; Hope Dies Last; The Good War | | Heroes | Abraham Lincoln, Studs Terkel, Jane Addams, Harold Washington, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Michael Jordan, Percy Julian, Ella Flagg Young, Ida Bell Wells, Carl Sandburg, Mike Royko, Ernie Banks, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Mother Cabrini, Walter Payton, Montgomery Ward |
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Documentary - History Channel, Science Channel, Biography Channel, PBS, History Teachers, Drop Dead Vintage, Film and Video, Documentary Lovers and Filmmakers, Foreign Films, Chicago is for Lovers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Chicago History Museum's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Serious Relationships, Friends | | Hometown: | Chicago! | | Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn | | Occupation: | Storykeeper and storyteller |
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About me:
Chicago begins here.
The Chicago History Museum is a place of learning, discovery, creativity, and, well, history. We encourage people to value their own stories and share them with others. Together we create experiences with history that are meaningful, memorable, and accessible. The Museum is a platform for community voices that preserve the past and mold the future. To us, Chicago is more than just a city – it is a living historical entity, as dynamic as ever, always inviting exploration.
Open 7 days a week. Late on Thursdays. Free on Mondays.
chicagohistory.org
Upcoming events = tours, films, talks, and a few surprises
Hardly a week goes by without a can't-miss event at the Chicago History Museum. We've got everything from family programs to cutting-edge exhibitions to lively panel discussions to monthly documentary film screenings.
chicagohistory.org/planavisit/upcomingevents
Museum blog = staff p.o.v
Our blog features posts by staff who share their behind-the-scenes knowledge and insight on history, exhibitions, and programs. Meet curators, see how exhibition galleries are prepared, and even learn how to pronounce fashion designers’ names. We invite you to subscribe and to share your comments and questions.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Chicagoans and visitors; the young, the old and those who aren’t telling; the curious, creative, and inventive; history buffs, students, scholars, music lovers, and party people.
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