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‘Dressed in History': Chicago History Museum exhibit explores clothing in culture
The Chicago History Museum explores clothing’s reflection in cultural values with an exhibition of 70 rarely seen items from the museum’s costume collection. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.
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Cowabunga! New England town celebrates being the birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The city where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were conceived has largely been overlooked during the crime-fighting quartet’s meteoric rise. But a new museum exhibit hopes to change that.
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Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is hosting a secret after-hours escape mission
The museum-wide escape games will be held on September 12th through the 15th.
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‘An extremely rare find': George Washington artifact auctioned at Goodwill for $1,300
The starting price for this sliver of history had been less than $100 when Moore saw it, hidden among what Goodwill categorizes as “historical documents.”
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A look at some of Chicago's free museum days for summer 2024
From Shedd Aquarium to the Chicago Botanic Garden, here are a few of the city’s most frequented attractions offering free admission on select days this summer.
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Chicago free museum days: Full list of free museum days for May
Some of Chicago’s most iconic museums are offering free days to Illinois residents and beyond for the month of May.
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Here are 8 museums offering free admission to Illinois residents in April
Looking for something to do this month in Chicago?
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Museum of Science and Industry closed Wednesday for ‘unplanned maintenance
As spring break for some Illinois schools continue, a popular Chicago museum said it would be closed Wednesday for “unplanned museum maintenance.”
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Illinois residents can visit these 8 museums for free in April
Here’s a look at Chicago museums offering free admission days through April.
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Free museum days in Chicago in April: Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum and more
Here are some Chicago museums with free days in April.
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Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and more Chicago free museum days for spring break
Looking for something to do during spring break in Chicago?
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Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and more: Chicago free museum days for spring break
Hitting the Chicago museum circuit over spring break? Here’s where you can get in for free.
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Solemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists over 125,000 names
On Feb. 19, 1942, following the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the incarceration of tens of thousands of men, women and children of Japanese ancestry.
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Pritzker Military Museum & Library closing Chicago location, moving to Wisconsin
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced Wednesday it is closing its downtown location and moving to an archives center in Wisconsin later this year.
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New program to reduce hate led by antisemitism survivors at Illinois Holocaust Museum
A new program in the suburbs is trying to reduce anti-Jewish hate as antisemitism is up nearly 400% in the U.S. just since last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, NBC Chicago’s Patrick Fazio reports.
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Have you got our treasure? British Museum wants help finding missing ancient loot
One of the world’s most famous museums has a problem: Some of its treasures are missing and it needs the public’s help to find them.
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All the Chicago free museum days for September 2023
Dozens of free days are coming up at Chicago museums this fall. Here’s a full list of all the free days at museums across Chicago for September.
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Van Gogh exhibit in Chicago ends summer run at Art Institute
If you’ve been thinking about buying tickets to the Art Institute of Chicago to see the much-anticipated “Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape,” it’s now or never.
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Chicago Free Museum Days June 2023: Full List
Looking for ways to escape the heat this summer? Visiting one of Chicago’s famous museums is a fan favorite thing to do among residents and visitors.