Our New Space
Opening in 2025!
Our permanent museum home is opening soon, 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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Oral History
Out of the Archives
Our newest episode is here! Narrators Janetta Pegues and Allen Schwartz share insights about the Near West Side’s different periods of redevelopment and change.
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Public Art
Invitation Wall
Andrea Carlson’s mural Still Here: Zhegagoynak invites the public to reflect on the legacies of displacement on the land where the museum is located.
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Installations
Animal Court Sculpture Garden
Learn more about our installation of Edgar Miller’s beloved sculptures.
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Interview
Listen to a captivating oral history from Dr. Timuel Black, historian and activist.
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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.
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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.
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