Our Historic Heart
Experience stories from public housing
Offered daily, our immersive Historic Apartment Tours transport visitors into the lived experiences of residents of the Jane Addams Homes between 1938 and 1975.
What’s Happening at the National Public Housing Museum
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Music
Songs to help you travel with style
A soundtrack for your visit from Reginald Robinson, a virtuoso ragtime pianist and former resident of the Henry Horner Homes.
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Enhance your visit
Free Digital Guide
Hear stories from public housing and explore the museum on your own with Bloomberg Connects
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Podcast
‘We ate good!’: How U.S. policy shaped sharing in public housing communities
In the latest episode of Out of the Archives, seven public housing resident narrators recount stories about sharing in community.
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Calendar
Join us for an upcoming program
Become a part of our community and join us for one of our free events.
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Call for photos
Add your photo to Living in the Shade
Public housing residents are invited to show off the gardens, basketball courts, playgrounds, or public art just outside your front door!
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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