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DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

Browse Chicago's long-running Black history museum, with art, artifacts and a wing devoted to Mayor Harold Washington.

740 E 56th Pl · Chicago, IL

About DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

Founded in 1961 as the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art, the DuSable has occupied a former park administration building in Washington Park since 1973. Its collection of about 13,000 objects includes the desk of activist Ida B. Wells and the violin of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. The Harold Washington Wing tells the story of Chicago's first Black mayor, and its auditorium hosts jazz, poetry and film. The original building dates to about 1915 and was designed by D.H. Burnham and Company.

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