Chicago Collections

Chicago Collections is a membership organization of more than 20 libraries, museums, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations collaborating to preserve and promote the history of the Chicago region.

Explore Chicago Collections

History

Launched in 2015 after several years of planning among its charter members, Chicago Collections now sponsors a wide range of educational, community engagement, and professional development programs, including exhibitions and public lectures.^[1] Chicago Collections also provides information services such as its Cooperative Reference Network, as well as instructional materials available on member web sites. Chicago Collections has established partnerships with other non-profit organizations in the City of Chicago, including National Public Radio, Chicago Metro History Education Center, and the Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources program, to answer questions about Chicago history from researchers and the general public, and to promote use of member collections and services by teachers and students of all ages.

With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,^[2] Chicago Collections has developed EXPLORE Chicago Collections (ECC), a digital portal providing access to more than 104,000 images and 4,300 archival collections from member institutions (as of September 2016).^[3] The Center for Research Libraries awarded its 2016 Primary Source Award for Access to Tracy J. Seneca (University of Illinois at Chicago), for her role in leading the development of the ECC portal.^[4]

Governing Members

Participating & Associate Members

Notes

↑ Free, David (December 2015). "Chicago Collections launches ExploreChicago Collections digital portal". College & Research Library News. 76 (11): 574–577. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
↑ "Chicago Collections Consortium: Portal Implementation". The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Database. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
↑ Johnson, Steve (November 4, 2015). "Chicago Collections Brings City-related Archives Under One Digital Roof". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
↑ Center for Research Libraries (Spring 2016). "2016 Primary Source Awards". CRL Focus on Global Resources. 35 (2): 2. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

Additional References

Long, Elisabeth (October 22, 2015). “A Single Portal to Chicago’s History,” The University of Chicago News. Accessed September 17, 2016.

Walter, Scott (February 2016). “It Takes a City: Chicago Collections Brings Collaboration to the Next Level,” ILA Reporter 34 (1). Accessed September 21, 2016

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Art	Art Institute of Chicago Arts Club of Chicago Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Intuit Loyola University Museum of Art Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Photography National Museum of Mexican Art National Veterans Art Museum Renaissance Society Smart Museum of Art Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

Architecture	Charnley-Persky House Chicago Architecture Foundation Clarke House Driehaus Museum Glessner House Noble–Seymour–Crippen House Robie House

Children	Bronzeville Children's Museum Chicago Children's Museum StoryBus

Culture	Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture Museum of Broadcast Communications National Radio Hall of Fame Chicago Cultural Center Chicago Design Museum Chinese American Museum of Chicago DANK Haus German American Cultural Center Irish American Heritage Center Leather Archives and Museum Mitchell Museum of the American Indian National Hellenic Museum National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture Polish Museum of America Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership Swedish American Museum Ukrainian National Museum

History	Chicago History Museum DuSable Museum of African American History Hull House Money Museum Newberry Library Oriental Institute Pritzker Military Museum & Library Pullman National Monument

Science	Adler Planetarium Field Museum of Natural History International Museum of Surgical Science Museum of Science and Industry Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Planned	American Writers Museum Barack Obama Presidential Center Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Former	Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

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