Today in Chicago History: 8,000 people attend opening of Field Museum on the lakefront
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 2, according...
Museums
Obama Foundation hosts Earth Day event at Jackson Park
Around 150 volunteers gathered in Jackson Park for an Earth Day cleanup and planting event...
Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000
A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking...
Bayless family gifts $1M for the National Museum of Mexican Art renovation
The renovated West Wing performance space will be renamed Foro de Artes Bayless and is...
France reckons with Nazi-looted art in a new Paris museum gallery
France is reckoning with one of the longest silences in its postwar memory: the looted,...
New Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to ‘reclaim’ body types that art history has ignored
The new Met Gala show is the most consciously body-positive show attempted. Its most prominent...
World’s oldest octopus fossil found 50 miles southwest of Chicago isn’t an octopus after all, scientists say
A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after...
Tickets for Obama Presidential Center museum open to public on May 6, officials announce
Tickets will open to the general public on May 6, the Obama Foundation announced on...
Louvre Museum’s director resigns in wake of jewels heist in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum’s director. She...
Chocolate Weekend at Morton Arboretum has everything you wanted to know — and taste — about cacao
The 15th annual expo in Lisle features chocolate products as well as information on flavor,...