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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.
Chicago area: Cultural: Greek history, art and culture and the Greek immigrant experience: National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: Hall of fame: National Museum of Mexican Art: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: Art: Mexican, Latino, and Chicano art and culture: National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture ...
A.J. Kollar Fine Art, Seattle, Washington Diana: Oil on canvas ca.1890 30 x 18.125 in 76.2 x 46.04 cm Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison Echo: Oil on canvas 1892 35.875 x 29.75 90.8 x 75.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum Painting and Poetry [50] Oil on canvas 1886 18 x 24 in 45.9 x 61.1 cm Brooklyn Museum
Fire Station Five reopened in 1939. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 5, 1991, shortly before it was to cease function as an operating station. It now operates as a museum and contains historical fire fighting artifacts, including a Silsby Steamer engine used to fight the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. [2]
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the world’s most famous paintings is now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Called “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” this painting has inspired countless ...
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s shows were organized by the Modern, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Modern withdrew from the Biennale in 1964, and the United States Information Agency ran the Pavilion until 1983, when it was sold to the Guggenheim Museum courtesy of funds provided by the Peggy Guggenheim ...
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.