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New Museum Examines the History of American Public Housing—and the Stories of Its Residents
Located in a preserved 1930s development in Chicago's West Side, the museum includes three recreated apartments representing ...
Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
A one-of-a-kind Chicago museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America. The National Public Housing ...
Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun to chair DuSable Black History Museum board of trustees
The museum is gearing up to expand its reach with more visitors expected to the area after the opening of the Obama ...
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A National Public Housing Museum opens
The National Public Housing Museum is now open in Chicago. Installations, exhibits and stories about public housing's ...
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How Chicago’s New Public Housing Museum Took Direction From the Community: ‘It Was Surreal When We Walked In’
Chicago is now home to the National Public Housing Museum, a first of its kind institution created alongside people who’ve lived in public housing.
National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago, the first of its kind, with residents’ stories at its heart
Free to visit and located in the last surviving building of the former Jane Addams Homes, the new Chicago museum is filled ...
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The National Public Housing Museum opens this week in Chicago. Here’s a sneak peek.
The museum tells a less familiar story about the history of public housing. “It was a decent, lovely place to live,” a former ...
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Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
CHICAGO (AP ... At the same time, the museum showcases lesser-known bright spots in public housing history, like resident-organized safety patrols and cooperatives to sell groceries.