A selection (by no means complete) of tours, museums, and other attractions that document Chicago’s history as a Cultural Crossroads.
Self-Guided Tours
Chicago’s African American History: http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Tours/AfricanAmerican.html
Bronzeville: http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/B/BlackMet.html
The Labor Trail: http://www.labortrail.org/
Organizations, Libraries, and Museums
Map and directions for museums and organizations listed below: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=118048391442727766527.000438374924c30df009c&z=10&om=1
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture Library and Archives http://www.lithaz.org/museums/balzekas/
Bronzeville Historical Society http://www.bronzevillehistoricalsociety.com/
Chicago Japanese American Historical Society http://www.cjahs.org/
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce http://www.chicagochinatown.org/
Chinese American Museum http://www.chicagochinatown.org/cccorg/place.jsp
Columbia College Center for Black Music Research http://www.colum.edu/cbmr/
Czechoslovak Heritage Museum Library and Archives http://www.csafraternallife.org/Default.asp?loc=chm
DuSable Museum of African American History http://www.dusablemuseum.org
Frances Willard House http://www.franceswillardhouse.org
Gerber/Hart Library (LGBT) http://www.gerberhart.org/
HistoryMakers http://www.thehistorymakers.com
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art http://www.art.org/index.html
Leather Archives and Museum http://www.leatherarchives.org/home.htm
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network http://www.lgbtran.org/
Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, Inc. http://lithuanianresearch.org/eng/ltsceng/ltscenghome.htm
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian http://www.mitchellmuseum.org
National Hellenic Museum http://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/
National Museum of Mexican Art http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
North Park University. Archives and Special Collections http://www.northpark.edu/library/archives/
(includes Swedish-American Archives) See also http://www.samac.org/
Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.org
Polish Museum of America http://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History & Literature: http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/woodson-regional/p/FeatHarsh/
Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago http://www.luc.edu/gannon/archives/
