Explore the history of Chicago and the U.S. guided by your own in-app audio tour.
Chicago was born as a 19th-century trading outpost and developed into a melting pot full of energy and opportunities.This guide of the Chicago History Museum will tell you the captivating history behind this growth.
Start the tour with photo gallery where you can walk along the bustling Maxwell Street of the 1950s and look down from the top of the Sears Tower. Feel Chicago at the “Sensing Chicago” exhibit where you can ride a high-wheel bike or hear the Great Chicago Fire. This tragic turning point in the history of the city will be further revealed to you at the 2nd floor's "City on Fire" exhibition. After that, you'll enjoy the music of Chcago in the re-created jazz club. Learn about the legacy of the sixteenth president of the U.S. at Abraham Lincoln Exhibition, and about the struggle for freedom - at Martin Luther King's Exhibition. Feel the grandeur of the World's Fair and see historical artifacts, such as Chicago's first locomotive.