The Chicago History Museum is offering free entry for Illinois residents from January 19 to the 23. There are also free entry days on January 27th through January 30th, and again on February 16th. All kids 12 and under are also free.

The Lincoln Park museum announced Wednesday that CEO Donald E. Lassere is stepping down. The leadership change comes after staff reductions and union tensions.

Here’s a roundup of free days at Chicago-area museums, zoos and other cultural institutions. Plus 15 places that are always free.

Collaboraction Theatre will present a free staged reading of Lawndale King, Willie Round’s powerful new play about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s time living in Chicago’s North Lawndale community, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 19, at 1 ...

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: 3,000+ Cheese Grater Hats Sold After Bears Shred Packers, ‘A ...

Museums are more than just diversions or tourist attractions. A museum — assuming it’s doing its job — is a temple to the truth. It’s a nexus of rigorous research and varied perspectives, and an invitation to share difficult conversations.

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work. A detail from “Ferrocarrileros,” a 1957 linocut by Sarah Jiménez Vernis that will ...

If this year's snowiest start to winter in almost half a century is any indication of what the rest of the season could look like, Chicago area residents are sure to have plenty of days best spent indoors throughout the start of the new year. The many ...

The Lincoln Park museum announced Wednesday that CEO Donald E. Lassere is stepping down. The leadership change comes after staff reductions and union tensions.