Close-up of a 1930s diorama depicting nineteenth-century Chicago

Chicago History Museum · Lincoln Park / Old Town

Imagining Chicago: The Dioramas

Now showingPermanent collection·$24

Seven dioramas built by German artisans in the early 1930s show Chicago from a trading outpost in 1804 to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The longest-displayed objects in the Museum.

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Image credits

Imagining Chicago: The DioramasCourtesy of Chicago History Museum
Karimah Ashadu: Tendered© Karimah Ashadu. Courtesy the Artist, Camden Art Centre, Fondazione In Between Art Film, Sadie Coles HQ and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago.
A Tale of Today Presents Brendan Fernandes: In the RoundCourtesy of Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Raqib Shaw: Paradise LostCourtesy of Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago History MuseumMichael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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