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Chicago History Museum – Lincoln Park

Museum Visit for One, Two, or Four (Half Off)

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  • Cultural Pursuits

In a Nutshell

Local museum brings history to life with 22 million artifacts and topical exhibits, including a look at 50 years of the Ebony Fashion Fair

The Fine Print

  • Expires 90 days after purchase.
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. If not redeemed by expiration date, the amount paid for this voucher is only valid toward the purchase of admission tickets or museum membership.
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History tends to repeat itself, which means there’s a good chance that Napoleon will rise from his grave to criticize the shortcomings of NBA players. Admire what history has taught us thus far with today’s Groupon.

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  • $7 for admission for one (a $14 value)
  • $14 for admission for two (a $28 value)
  • $28 for admission for four (a $56 value)

Admission includes access to audio tours, as well Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. opening March 16, 2013. A story of vision and innovation as told through the history of the fair, its longtime producer Eunice Walker Johnson, and the Johnson Publishing Company, the exhibit will showcase more than 60 garments from such designers as Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, and Christian Dior. Visitors enter on a red carpet and witness two audiovisual presentations that show how the fair, inaugurated in 1958 and masterminded by Johnson from 1963 onward, grew into a world-class representation of high fashion and the African-American cultural experience. A third presentation demonstrates the Johnson Publishing Company's role in presenting African-Americans with images of black achievement in Ebony and Jet.

The city’s oldest cultural institution, The Chicago History Museum houses an awe-striking array of intellect-tickling artifacts, documents, and artwork from the city’s past and future-past. On any given day, glance at Stan Mikita's jersey or venture through the hall of dioramas, which showcases epochs of Chicago's history, from its earliest days as a malört-trading outpost to its triumphant World’s Fair, made possible by an uneasy alliance between Daniel Burnham and arch-rival Mike Ditka. The museum also displays rotating temporary exhibitions, such as Shalom Chicago, an exhibition about the local Jewish community’s history, and Vivian Maier’s Chicago, a local photographer’s images of Chicago in the 1960s and 70s.

Chicago History Museum

Founded in 1856, the Chicago History Museum upholds its legacy as one of the city's oldest cultural institutions with more than 22 million artifacts blown in from the city's storied past. Permanent exhibitions include Chicago: Crossroads of America, which sends visitors on a journey through a re-created jazz club and features a replica of an original L car and the monkey bars that its passengers hung from during commutes. Collections of dioramas detail the story of the city's growth from a barren nineteenth-century trading outpost to the bustling, youthful city that hosted the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Exhibitions centered on Abraham Lincoln offer an in-depth look at his campaign and election in 1860, and Lincoln's Chicago shows visitors a vision of the city as the 16th president saw it: from 7 feet, 6 inches in the air.

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    Lincoln Park

    1601 N Clark St.
    Chicago, Illinois 60614
    (312) 642-4600
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