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.

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

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!

The Hyde Park Historical Society is excited to announce an Open House on Sunday, January 22 from 2-4pm at the Society’s cable car building on 5529 South Lake Park Avenue.  This event will reprise the Olmsted 200 celebration, a collaboration by the Washington Park Camera Club, Julia Bachrach and the Hyde Park Historical Society, funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of Art Design Chicago.

Come and meet the photographers who created South Park Then and Now – a photographic tribute to Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance Park, and Washington Park – and view some of their photographs.  Hear from the participants about all of the events and activities that made up the Olmsted 200 celebration in Chicago.

Discussion will begin at 3pm.

Space is limited in the HPHS cable car building and social distancing is not possible. Masks are optional.

Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our December Open House! See the Cable Car Building, learn about the Oak Woods Cemetery Project, and Hyde Park History. Open from 2p-4pm on Sunday, December 4th. No registration required.