Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, April 21st from 1-4pm. Urooj Naveed will provide information about the new field trip based curriculum she recently developed for the Hyde Park Historical Society as a resource for educators, youth workers, and anyone looking for fun educational activities for youth. Stop on by to the Historical Society to check out the materials and learn more!

*At 1pm there will be a special visit from Photographer, Patric McCoy who will drop by to present the Historical Society with one of his photos to be on permanent display at the headquarters.

HPHS Monthly Board Meeting of Officers

HPHS Monthly Board Meeting of Officers

Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, March 17th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.

On Saturday, March 2, join @ChicagoDPD at the Chicago History Museum for the City’s first-ever Black Cultural Harvest — a free, all-ages event created to help preserve and celebrate the Black experience in Chicago. All Chicagoans are invited to bring historical and cultural mementos to be scanned into a digital archive.

The 2024 Black Cultural Harvest is part of Chicago’s Black Cultural Heritage Initiative (BCHI) and an ongoing effort to better preserve the physical assets of cultural groups.

Visit Chicago.gov/BCHI to register and learn more.

HPHS Monthly Board Meeting of Officers

Join the Hyde Park Historical Society on Sunday, February 18th from 1-4pm for our February Open House. In honor of Black History Month, visitors will have a chance to be led from our headquarters down to the 56th Street viaduct to learn about and remember pioneering black muralist, William Walker’s “Childhood is Without Prejudice”, his connection to Bret Harte School, and the impact of Walker across the City of Chicago. Free and Open to all!

Registration is now Open for our Volunteer Orientation/Training on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at 12pm.

Please be sure to register here:

https://www.hydeparkhistory.org/get-involved

HPHS Monthly Board Meeting of Officers

Join us for our December Open House!

See the short film about the history of the building if you haven’t already, and learn more about what's happening with the HPHS!

If you missed our last open house, we will be releasing our free self-guided audio tours of Oak Woods Cemetery in honor of National Visit a Cemetery Day! Click here to access the tours

Join us for a special Open House Sunday, October 15th from 10a-5pm each day! We will be showing our new short film about the history of the building as well as have an exhibit on Oak Woods Cemetery. You will learn how to access our new free self-guided audio tours!

PLEASE NOTE: Lake Park will be closed on Sunday (10/15) until 11am for a race please keep this in mind if you planned to visit but have mobility needs, as you will not be able to drive to the front of the building and will need to park elsewhere to access the building.

Join us for a special Open House hosted in partnership with Open House Chicago on Saturday, October 14th and Sunday, October 15th from 10a-5pm each day! On Saturday, October 14th, at 2pm, join our summer intern and board member for a discussion on self guided audioo tours of Oak Woods Cemetery which will be released that day.

Likewise, a short video of the history of our building will be shown to all visitors upon entry.

PLEASE NOTE: Lake Park Ave will be closed on Sunday (10/15) until 11am for a race please keep this in mind if you planned to visit but have mobility needs, as you will not be able to drive to the front of the building and will need to park elsewhere to access the building.

Monday, February 20, 2023, 7:30pm via Zoom. Pemon Rami, international film producer and author, will discuss his book When Blackness was Golden: A Memoir of Pemon Rami.  Mr. Rami’s memoir charts his life as a native Chicagoan during the culturally transformative period from the 1950s-80s. When Blackness Was Golden looks back at Rami’s life and career – blending Black political consciousness and organizing with significant roles in theater, television, and the film industry. Register here.