Established | April 1856 |
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Location | 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60614 |
Coordinates | 41°54′43″N 87°37′53″W / 41.911996°N 87.631312°W |
Type | History Museum |
Visitors | 240,000 (2013)[1] |
President | Donald Lassere |
Owner | Chicago Historical Society |
Public transit access | Bus: 22, 36, 37, 72, 73, 151, 156 |
Website | www |
Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times. Long known as the CHS, the society adopted the name, Chicago History Museum, in September 2006 for its public presence.[2]