Chicago History Museum

I really enjoyed our visit to the Chicago history museum there were so many interesting exhibits there I felt like I could have spent days trying to soak in all the information. I was really excited to see the dioramas that are supposedly famous, I felt almost silly reading a history about the dioramas that are about the history of Chicago. It just goes to show that event the smallest things about a city can make it great and memorable. One of the exhibits had a feature where you could pick out words and then at the end you would take a picture to go with whatever word you ended up picking. This reminded me of our previous visit to millennium park where the art students helped the artist take video of peoples faces to be a permeate art piece in the center of Chicago. Chicago’s rich history also encompasses the people of the city and however small their contribution to it, the history’s museums recognition of that by making peoples pictures permanent additions to the exhibit is very important.

      My favorite exhibit at the museum was the Out in the City one about the LBGT movement. It was really informative about the history of the gay movement in Chicago. I find it really important that an exhibit that really celebrates people who may live a different life is incorporated into the museum. It speaks to tolerance in the city. Before in class we talked about racial divide that still remains within the city. People being informed about different races and different cultures and lifestyles of various people within the city works towards making the city a more united front. The more educated people are about others may help to solve unspoken segregation within the communities. Mixed income housing is an example of how people in the city can move towards becoming more diverse but remaining a close community. Overall the museum offered a wide array of exhibits that really encompass how large and how much history a city can truly have. It was a good way to end a term about the city by remembering that there is so much knowledge that can come out of studying urban life.