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Our mission is to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home.

    Public Events

    Our events leverage arts, culture, and storytelling to impact public policy through engaging participants in explorations of the provocative ideas of innovative contemporary artists, scholars, and organizers. Ranging from small group oral history listening sessions to genre-spanning outdoor concerts, our robust programs have something to offer for everyone.

    Explore our calendar of upcoming events!
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    Open House Chicago

    Explore our new civic and cultural home on Chicago’s near West Side as part of Open House Chicago

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    MURS in front of Chicago's Hancock Tower

    Groundwaves Generations with MURS

    An all-ages afternoon of hip-hop, community building, and collaboration, hosted by rap icon and innovator MURS

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    A Home Worth Fighting For

    Debut screening of Natasha Florentino’s new documentary, “A Home Worth Fighting For,” which follows the push to stop the demolition of public housing in New York City.

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    Past Events

    Relive your favorite past events or tune into one you missed via the event archive on the National Public Housing Museum YouTube page!

    Past event partners include Save Section 9, Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance, the CHA’s Local Advisory Councils, Red Line Service, and other on-the-ground housing activist organizations, as well as other cultural institutions including the the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Smart Museum of Art, the Chicago Public Library Little Italy Branch and more. 

    We also partner with community groups and small businesses including the Taylor Street Farms, the Little Italy Chicago Neighborhood Association, Scafuri Bakery, and more.

    Our public events are partially funded by City of Chicago DCASE City Arts, Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Good Chaos, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Julian Grace Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Landau Family Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Polk Bros. Foundation, PNC, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

    Contact Us

    Please email NPHM Associate Director, Tiff Beatty, with any questions, concerns, or if you’re interested in getting involved.

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    Rendering of the exterior of the new museum building, a three-story brick building with orange balconies made from historic-looking brick with “National Public Housing Museum” written on the side. A school tour bus is parked in front of it and people are walking on the street towards the building.