Haunted History of the History Museum

Haunted History of the History Museum

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Chicago is one of the most haunted cities in the world, boasting a colorful past filled with eerie events that range from the truly chilling to the light-of-heart. In celebration of Halloween, the Museum will host cemetery tours, dinners, seminars, and other events that will showcase Chicago’s very real and often shocking past! Take a ghost tour without leaving your chair. Curators Jill Austin and Naomi Blumberg will introduce you to some of the Museum’s creepiest artifacts and its haunted past.

Unwrap the eerie history of our neighborhood at the Museum. You might not see dead people, but you will certainly be surrounded by them.