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(312) 642-4600
1601 N Clark St
Chicago,
IL
60614
41.9114
-87.6316
Neighborhoods: North Side, Lincoln Park
Hours:
Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat 9:30am-4:30pm
Thu 9:30am-8pm
Sun 12pm-5pm
Chicago History Museum
Last updated 9.17.08
What People Are Saying About Chicago History Museum
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The Exhibits – The Illinois Pioneer Life Gallery (first floor) features candle molds, sugar snips, looms and other tools of frontier life. A miniature Conestoga wagon represents the type of transportation that brought Chicago's early settlers to the area. Diorama Hall (second floor) showcases eight scenes from Chicago (circa 1930). – "A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln," includes the museum's piece de resistance: the walnut spindle bed where the 16th president died of his mortal wounds at 7:22am, April 15, 1865. "The Death of Lincoln," Alonzo Chappel's 1868 fictional…
06/27/02
The Life of the City
by conallo at Citysearch
The oldest and most overlooked Museum in the City. The Chicago Historical Society offers a wide range of programs, everything for kids on up. The staff and volunteers are both helpful, friendly and knowledgable. If you ever wanted to "really" learn about the city of big shoulders this is THE place to do it. They also have a wide range of information and knowledge of general American History as well. And of course anyone who is at all interested in Lincoln and the Civil War their "A House Divided" exhibit is a must see.
The Details on Chicago History Museum
Statistics:
The Society has amassed a collection of some 20 million artifacts since 1856.
Resident Historian:
Pulitzer Prize winner (and the Society's Distinguished Scholar in Residence), Studs Terkel, maintains and frequents his third floor office.
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