Our New Space
Opening this year!
Our permanent museum home is opening this year in the last remaining building of the 1930s WPA-era Jane Addams Homes in Chicago’s Near West Side.
What’s Happening at the National Public Housing Museum
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Interview
Listen to a captivating oral history from Dr. Timuel Black, historian and activist.
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Program
Meet our Artist as Instigator
Dr. ShaDawn “Boobie” Battle leverages arts and culture to make creative public policy interventions around housing and related issues.
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Installations
Animal Court Sculpture Garden
Learn more about our installation of Edgar Miller’s beloved sculptures.
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Museum Stories
Relive events, memories, and more with us.
Get a behind-the-scenes peek into events, archives, and more.
Get in Touch
Everyone deserves a place to call home.
Contact Us!
International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Members
We are members of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a network of historic sites that believes that history and memory must inform social change. To foster a more just and humane society, we provide safe spaces to remember and preserve even the most traumatic memories and enable visitors to make connections between the past and related contemporary human rights issues.
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
We believe that everyone must repair and redress the systemic injustices of the past. The museum is committed to creative strategies that build the social and cultural capital of public housing residents, and developing alternative economies that are more equitable.