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Masks required in Abakanowicz Research Center optional for rest of Museum MORE Welcome to the Chicago History Museum EXPLORE OUR FEATURED EXHIBITIONS Designing for Change Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s70s Chicago activists in the 1960s and 70s used design to amplify their visions of a more just world and to fight for social change. Dressed in History Featuring 70 rarely seen objects from glamorous gowns and sharp suits to housedresses and sneakers Dressed in History A Costume Collection Retrospective explores how clothing captures the material social and changing cultural values throughout history. Injustice The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till In 1955 the murder of Emmett Till a Black teenager from Chicago and the subsequent criminal trial in Mississippi attracted international attention and sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Facing Freedom in America From womens suffrage and the formation of labor unions to Japanese internment and a local school boycott the exhibition highlights some of the ways Americans have struggled over rights and freedoms.