Chicago History Museum

City history museum running neighborhood walking tours, film screenings, partner events and exhibition programs.

Coming up at Chicago History Museum

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Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

Oct24City & State Shorts: Journey WithinSaturday, 12:00 PMA Chicago International Film Festival program of eight short films, from Vespers to Structure, circling around anxieties real and imagined: unknown family lineage, romantic longing, career letdowns and a couple of bloody satires. It screens at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St (Sedgwick on the Brown/Purple Lines or Clark/Division on the Red Line), on Saturday 24 October from noon; the program runs 96 minutes and carries nudity, gore and strobe warnings. No single-ticket price is published on the listing, though festival passes are accepted. The museum has three more festival screenings across the same weekend on our calendar.See listing
Oct24Trash MountainSaturday, 3:00 PMA Chicago International Film Festival screening of the film Trash Mountain, hosted in the Chicago History Museum's theater at 1601 N Clark St (Sedgwick on the Brown/Purple Lines or Clark/Division on the Red Line). It runs Saturday 24 October from 3pm to 4:30pm. The museum doesn't publish a ticket price on the listing; tickets go through the festival. It follows the noon City & State shorts program at the museum the same day.See listing
Oct25Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star StuffSunday, 12:30 PMThe Chicago International Film Festival brings the film Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff to the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St (Sedgwick on the Brown/Purple Lines or Clark/Division on the Red Line). The screening is Sunday 25 October, 12:30pm to 2:15pm. No ticket price is published on the museum listing; booking runs through the festival. A second festival film, No Hands, follows at 3pm.See listing
Oct25No Hands: The Wild Ride of the Schwinn Bicycle CompanySunday, 3:00 PMA festival screening of No Hands, a film about the Chicago-born Schwinn Bicycle Company, shown at the Chicago History Museum as part of the Chicago International Film Festival. It plays Sunday 25 October, 3pm to 4:15pm, at 1601 N Clark St (Sedgwick on the Brown/Purple Lines or Clark/Division on the Red Line). The museum listing doesn't publish a ticket price; tickets are sold through the festival.See listing
Oct30Christian Holder: My Life Is DanceOct 30 – Oct 30The premiere screening of Brigitte Berman's portrait of Joffrey Ballet star Christian Holder, who tells his own story through filmed cabaret performances alongside interviews and archival ballet footage touching on racism, the AIDS crisis and antiwar protest. Director Berman takes questions afterwards. It's at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St (Sedgwick on the Brown/Purple Lines or Clark/Division on the Red Line), Friday 30 October, 5:30pm to 8pm, presented with the Joffrey Ballet, the Gerald Arpino Foundation and the Chicago International Film Festival. Free, with an RSVP requested; a second screening runs the next afternoon.Free; RSVP requested
Oct31Glitterati on the Gold Coast Walking TourSaturday, 10:00 AM$25 non-members; $22.50 members
Oct31Christian Holder: My Life Is DanceSaturday, 12:30 PMA second partner screening of the documentary on Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder, whose life on stage is told through cabaret performance, interviews and archival footage. It runs Saturday 31 October, 12:30pm to 3pm, at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St (Sedgwick on the Brown/Purple Lines or Clark/Division on the Red Line). The museum lists it as a free screening. The premiere with a director Q&A is the evening before.Free
Nov1Stories We Wear: Fashion as Visual NarrativeSunday, 12:00 PM$15 general admission; free for CHM members and students
Nov8Aquí en Chicago Closing ProgramSunday, 12:00 PMIncluded with general admission

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Questions people ask

Where is Chicago History Museum?＋

1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614, in Old Town / Lincoln Park. Sedgwick (Brown, Purple Lines) or Clark/Division (Red Line).

What's on at Chicago History Museum?＋

9 upcoming listings on our calendar; the next is City & State Shorts: Journey Within on Saturday, October 24 at 12:00 PM.

How much do events at Chicago History Museum cost?＋

Printed prices for what is listed now run from $15 to $23. 2 listings are free.

Does Chicago History Museum have anything on weekends or evenings?＋

Of the 9 dated listings, 8 fall on a weekend and 1 start at 5pm or later.

How do I book at Chicago History Museum?＋

On Chicago History Museum's own website or booking page, linked from each listing. We read the dates and prices off it by hand and do not sell tickets.

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