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Smithsonian Magazine2d
The Object at Hand
"This [sculpture of Cleopatra] was not a beautiful work, but it was a very original and very striking one . . . [Cleopatra] is seated in a chair ... Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art ...
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 ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana13d
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 ...
The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor
The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However ...
The Pantagraph14d
Chicago museum showcases history of public housing through its residents
CHICAGO — Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago's near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America. A former federal housing ...
WFMZ-TV16d
Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) Kitchen items are part of the Turovitz Family Apartment exhibit at the National Public Housing Museum, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley ...
ABC 7 Chicago27d
Our Chicago: 'Steelmakers' at Griffin Museum of Science & Industry
A new exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry looks at the science, the impact and the human stories behind steel-making here in Chicago. David Vance is a member of the Steelworkers ...