The fashions featured here and more Sleeping Beauties can be found in our Costume and Textiles image gallery: images.chicagohistory.org/costume

Cailee Spaeny channeling the Duchess of Windsor, whose wedding gown is preserved in the Costume Institute. Her favorite couturier, Mainbocher, created several gowns inspired by the Chinese qi pao. #MetGala ChicagoHistoryMuseum

It’s #PolishConstitutionDay , marking May 3, 1791, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted the 1st written European constitution. Polish Chicagoans have celebrated the day with a parade since the 19th c. Learn more in #BackHomeCHM , closing 6/8.
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#OnThisDay in 1971, the Mayday Protest, one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in US history, took place in Washington, DC. The protest was supported in Chicago by the Chicago Seed, one of the nation’s most widely circulated underground newspapers. ow.ly/7BXB50RtwsO

It's #NationalDayofPuppetry ! In our latest blog post, #CHMResearchCenter associate Annika Kohrt writes about the mother-son duo of Esther & Ernest Wolff, who established Chicago’s puppet opera scene in the 1930s. ow.ly/SneG50RpOfL

Words matter. In our latest blog post, Digital Humanities Curatorial Fellow Melissa Rovner considers Chicago’s “riot” history, how the term is used to describe CHM collection items, & the best practices for appropriate use & corrective language. ow.ly/QC7y50Rnky9 #CritCat

Sundown tonight marks the start of #Passover / #Pesach . In our latest blog post, CHM curator of religion & community history Rebekah Coffman writes about the Chicago Loop Synagogue and a Passover Seder shared by its rabbi, Irving Rosenbaum, in 1966. ow.ly/ET5c50RlEGt

On Sat., 5/4, 11am–12:30pm, join us at CHM as LaDale Winling of VT History & Maura Fennelly of @northwesternu present “The Chicago Covenants Project: Excavating the Documents of Exclusion.” Free; RSVP required: ow.ly/haie50RfcLg Chicago Covenants

We're honored & thrilled to be a part of this NEH cohort. Learn more about our work on #AquíenChicago as it progresses! ow.ly/2BeS50Rj63G #NEHgrant

Are you a Chicagoan who’s curious about the history of your home? In our latest blog post, CHM dir. of research & access Ellen Keith highlights some #CHMResearchCenter resources that can help you trace the history of your home & neighborhood. ow.ly/iX7350RifRo

Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking. 🌼

From petal to root, the history of fashion is always in full bloom at CHM Images! To plant some inspiration for your own spring fashion statements, visit our online portal: images.chicagohistory.org/costume-and-te… #FashionFriday #HistoricalFashion

On Thurs., 4/18, 6–8:15pm, join us as Siobhan Moroney of Lake Forest College discusses her new book, Chicagoland Dream Houses: How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home (2024). Free; RSVP required: ow.ly/IPmm50QJ0WR Illinois Press

New on the blog: CHM registrar Jamie Lewis writes about how the Museum is ensuring continued #NAGPRA compliance, enhancing practices regarding the care & interpretation of collections, & acknowledging Native tribes as experts of their own histories: ow.ly/v26h50RcosK

It's #WorldRatDay ! As curator of religion & community history, Rebekah Coffman looks at the ways in which Chicago has been shaped by its religious communities, expressions, & places. In our latest blog post, she writes about the Chicago Rat Hole & Rat Mass ow.ly/LHHc50R8vsy

On Thurs., 4/25, 7–8:15pm, join us on Zoom as Delia Fernández-Jones of History Department presents “Telling Our Stories: Using Historical Scholarship to Combat Black and Latinx Displacement in Grand Rapids, Michigan.” Free; RSVP required: ow.ly/zNy850QJ0XG

#OnThisDay in 1924, #BeulahAnnan shot Harry Kalstedt during a quarrel. The ensuing media frenzy focused on her beauty. In our latest blog post, CHM historian Jojo Galvan recounts Annan’s story & considers why true crime stories continue to captivate us: ow.ly/zJO050R7Lvf