Chicago History Museum

The Chicago Historical Museum, as the city’s oldest museum organization, impresses today’s visitors with the latest demonstration technologies. This is a museum in which even boring, at first glance, things and events are able to tell interesting and extraordinary.

The Historical Society of Chicago was established in 1856, but only in the late 20s of the last century, its collection acquired a stationary room in which it is located today. The name of the Historical Society was officially announced in 2006.

The museum’s collection is diverse and diverse. It can be traced to the history of Illinois in general, and Chicago in particular. For example, some significant moments in the history of the city are presented in the form of well-developed dioramas with clear details of objects. There are also valuable artifacts, such as the bed in which Abraham Lincoln died. It also houses the country’s largest collection of construction drawings of real-life buildings. The unique collection, with over 50,000 costumes and textiles dating from the mid-18th century to the present, is the second largest in the world. Products made of glass, ceramics, metal make up the exposition telling about the development of industry in the region. And then quite unexpected exhibits related to the musical life of the city: posters, microphones, vinyl discs. A visit to the museum will certainly be informative for people of different ages and different life interests.