Digital Preservation Member Workshop
Struggling with how to best manage the digital objects you have at your institution? Learn how to get started with a tailored approach for Chicago Collections member organizations large and small. Read More >
Chicago Researchers' Round Table Luncheons
Having recently launched our digital portal, EXPLORE Chicago Collections, which brings together images and finding aids allowing for centralized cross-collection searching, we are now planning for a robust set of programs that will support our mission to promote the study of the Chicago region's his… Read More >
Explore Chicago Collections Launch Event
Join us as Donald J. Waters, senior program officer for Scholarly Communications at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Chicago's own Alderman Edward M. Burke, discuss the magic and importance of collaboration, and keeping Chicago archives and collections accessible in the digital age. Read More >
Inaugural Lecture and Book Signing with Dominic Pacyga
Engaging Chicago: Telling the City’s History Today’s Chicago is a global city. It is marked not only by its financial ties to the international marketplace, but also by its academic, ethnic, and cultural ties across the world. Read More >
Gallery Talks and Tours
Join Guest Curator Riva Feshbach as she reveals how original sources from over 20 of Chicago's cultural repositories form the basis of Chicago's vibrant and multi-faceted history. Read More >
Inaugural Exhibition
Chicago Collections opens its first public exhibition at Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center. This three month exhibition highlights notable archives, manuscripts, and objects from our members' collections that you won't want to miss. Read More >