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Michael Anderson to lead city’s oldest cultural institution
CHICAGO (July 29, 2026) – Michael J. Anderson has been chosen as the new Edgar D. and Deborah R. Jannotta President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago History Museum. Anderson, previously vice president of external affairs and development, was named Interim President after his...
Barrett Keithley’s “The People, We Are: A Living Reflection on the U.S. Constitution” now open to the public
CHICAGO (July 21, 2026) – As part of its “US at 250: Civic Action in Chicago” initiative, the Chicago History Museum unveiled the third of four rotating contemporary art installations responding to four important documents from U.S. history in th...
Jojo Galvan Mora, CHM Digital Humanities Curator, writes about how John Dillinger’s early years influenced the outcome of his life and how his death changed federal investigation and surveillance in the United States.
Undated photograph of John Dillinger in a court room titled “Desperado’s Death Trial.” CHM, ICHi-020930
John Herbert Dil...
Rudy Lozano (foreground) at a Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA) meeting in 1975. ST-40001425-0011, Chicago Sun-Times collection, CHM
Rudy Lozano, born July 17, 1951, was a prominent Mexican American activist and community and labor organizer in Chicago from the late 1960s until his untimely death in 1983. Though he was born in Harlingen, Texas,...