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Today in Chicago History: Douglas Aircraft Co. announces plans to build assembly plant near Orchard Place
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (404+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Front page flashback: July 29, 1994 1994: Chicago Transit Authority employee Cecil Calimee was set afire shortly after opening his ticket booth around 4 a.m....
Intuit Art Museum cofounder Marjorie Freed's collection of folk art going up for auction
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (210+ words) June 8, 2026 / 12:31 PM CDT / CBS Chicago The eclectic art collection of Intuit Art Museum cofounder Marjorie Freed is going up for auction this week. On Thursday, June 11, Rivich Auction, based in Chicago's Fulton Market district, will present Fried's catalogue of folk…...
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s boat is being reassembled in public at the Grand Egyptian Museum
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (226+ words) CAIRO — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that were found that belong to King Khufu, Tuesday…...
What kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Here's what you told us
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (252+ words) People flock the 1932 opening of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. store at State and Van Buren streets. We asked readers what kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Here’s some of what you told us, lightly edited for clarity. “Retail museum…...
Home and studio of R. Harold Zook, ‘Hinsdale’s Frank Lloyd Wright,’ gets funding boost for preservation
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1037+ words) As members of the Hinsdale Historical Society capped a year in which they celebrated the organization’s 50th anniversary, they received some good news in the form of a grant from Landmarks Illinois, which will help their efforts to preserve the R....
Works of young artists on display at the Dandelion Gallery: ‘The kids were really excited to show their creations’
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (690+ words) Loyal Devotion started his journey as an artist, doodling on his schoolwork while a sixth grader at Neal Math and Science Academy middle school in North Chicago. He liked what he saw and, a year later, was selling his artwork…...
Museums for winter 2026: ‘Oz,’ owls and ‘Costumes of Paul Tazewell’
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (884+ words) Bummed Open House Chicago is over? Getting really into birding? Fresh from a “Wicked: For Good” showing, where you belted along to the whole thing? Boy, do we have a winter museum roundup for you. Even as the rest of…...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (730+ words) Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Paris, Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense. As theories swirled about the sharply dressed…...
Chicago Hauntings: Mysteries at the Benton House in Bridgeport
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1639+ words) October 17, 2025 / 1:17 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Between Ashland Avenue and Halsted Street on the northern end of Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, you'll find a collection of obscure streets that defy the city's grid system — all running either parallel or perpendicular to Archer…...
A tour of Chicago's International Museum of Surgical Science
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (62+ words) Jackie Kostek spent the morning at the International Museum of Surgical Science at 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr. — the only museum in North America dedicated to the art, history, and science of surgery. She explored both the permanent exhibits and the exhibition:…...