Pressroom
The Chicago History Museum cares for, showcases, and interprets millions of authentic pieces of Chicago and U.S. history.
Welcome to the Chicago History Museum pressroom. Please feel free to browse through all of our releases or skip to information of particular interest using one of the following links:
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Press Kit
- Chic Chicago Press Kit
- Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
- Upcoming Events
- Media Advisories
- Current Media Calendar
- Chicago History Museum Fact Sheets
- Chicago History Museum Biographies
- Annual Reports
- News of Note
- Press
Release Archive
- Podcasts
For More Information
Media inquiries regarding the Chicago History Museum should be directed to Public Relations Manager Lauren Dolan via phone 312.799.2161 or e-mail pressinfo@chicagohistory.org.
Program and event inquiries from the general public should be directed to our Visitor Services office via phone 312.642.4600 or e-mail reception@chicagohistory.org.
Student Inquiries: While the Museum greatly supports students using its resources, requests for interviews with curators and/or video-recording of the Museum may be denied due to the high volume of requests during peak times, such as the end of a semester. The Museum may also deny your request during its busiest visitation periods or during special Museum events, such as exhibition openings and special programs. We will review each request on a case-by-case basis, and we regret that we cannot accommodate every proposal. Thank you for your understanding.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Press Kit
This press kit features the year-long celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Please contact Lauren Dolan at 312.799.2161 or pressinfo@chicagohistory.org to request the entire kit, including hi-res image files and hard copy.
Download individual documents from the Chic Chicago press kit:
- Lincoln Bicentennial Press Release (PDF, 65 KB)
- Lincoln Bicentennial Programming (PDF, 91 KB)
- Lincoln Bicentennial Image Sheets (PDF, 3.3 MB)
- Lincoln and Juarez Biographies (PDF, 86 KB)
- Lincoln Bicentennial Supporters and Partners (49 KB)
- Chicago History Museum Collection, American History
Holdings (PDF, 40 KB)
Chic Chicago Press Kit
This press kit features the exhibition Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum.
Please contact Lauren Dolan at 312.799.2161 or pressinfo@chicagohistory.org to request the entire kit, including hi-res image files and hard copy.
> Preview images of five of the gowns included in the exhibition
> Download the entire Chic Chicago press kit, including hi-res image files (Zip, 176 MB)
Download individual documents from the Chic Chicago press
kit:
- Chic Chicago press release (PDF, 32 KB)
- Chic Chicago program schedule (PDF, 15
KB)
- Chic Chicago fact sheet (PDF, 34 KB)
- Costume and Textile Collection fact sheet (PDF, 81 KB)
- Chic Chicago preview announcement (PDF, 31
KB)
- Biography of Timothy Long, exhibition curator (PDF, 46
KB)
- Biography of Meghan E. Smith, collection manager (PDF,
52 KB)
Current
and Upcoming Exhibitions
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Chic Chicago
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Catholic Chicago
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Chicago: Crossroads of America
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Imagining Chicago: The Dioramas
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Sensing Chicago
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Treasures
Recent
Exhibitions
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Big Picture: A New View of Painting in Chicago
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Schaumburg: From Cornfield to Woodfield
> Quilts: A Patchwork History
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Mapping Chicago: The Past and the Possible
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Is It Real?
Upcoming Events
For a comprehensive list of upcoming programs and events, please be sure to read our media calendar. For past events, see our Press Release Archive.
Media Advisories
10/16/2008 | Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Announcement
09/22/2008 | Chic Chicago Opens this Saturday
9.27.08
03/31/2008 | Safe
on Campus? Curbing Violence in our Schools
03/20/2008 | Quilts: A Patchwork History Closing this
Sunday
News of Note
10/31/2008 | Studs Dies at Age 96
05/08/2008 | Great Chicago Stories: A Virtual Field Trip Through
History
03/31/2008 | 3-Year Project Brings Architectural Photographs to the
Public Eye
12/13/2007 | 1919
Chicago "Black Sox" Legal Documents Archive Acquired by CHM
09/27/2007 | Museum honors Principal
08/30/2007 | Museum's Couture Collection Travels to NYC
Current Media Calendar
| 11/02/2008 | | November and December 2008, January 2009 |
Chicago History Museum Fact Sheets
| 05/21/2008 | | Costume Collection |
| 07/12/2007 | | Museum Fact Sheet |
| 09/01/2006 | | Renovation Fact Sheet |
| 09/01/2006 | | The Chicago Room |
| 09/01/2006 | | Family Activity Stations |
Chicago History Museum Biographies
Executive Staff
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Gary T. Johnson, President
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Russell Lewis, Executive Vice President and Chief Historian
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Phyllis Rabineau, Vice President of Interpretation and
Education
Curators and Historians
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Olivia Mahoney, Chief Curator
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Peter Alter, Curator
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Joy Bivins, Curator
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Jill Thomas Grannan, Curator
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John Russick, Curator
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Timothy Long, Curator
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Sarah Marcus, Historian and Managing Editor, Electronic Encyclopedia of
Chicago
Annual Reports
> View the Chicago History Museum's Annual Reports
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