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The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum commemorates the work of social welfare pioneer and peace advocate Jane Addams, her settlement house associates, their innovative programs and the neighborhood they served. Housed in an original Hull-House building, preserved and operated by the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Museum is an internationally recognized symbol of multicultural understanding, educational explorechicago.org
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is housed in two of the original Hull-House Settlement Buildings and is a US National Historic Landmark. Peace, labor issues, immigration rights and reform, urban development, womens rights, juvenile justice, public support for the arts and free speech are among the issues addressed at the museum. The museums engaging exhibits include an alternative labeling project ettractions.com
Visit two restored original buildings from Chicago's first settlement house. Exhibits and educational programs depict the life and work of courageous social worker Jane Addams. enjoyillinois.com
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a historic site and memorial to Jane Addams, her innovative settlement house programs and associates, and the neighborhood they served. Housed in two original Hull-House buildings, the museum is an internationally recognized symbol of multicultural understanding, reflecting the long Hull-House tradition museumland.net
Born in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, and graduated from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881, Jane Addams founded, with Ellen Gates Starr, the world famous social settlement Hull-House on Chicago's Near West Side in 1889. From Hull-House, where she lived and worked until her death in 1935, Jane Addams built her reputation as the country's most prominent woman through her writing, settlement famplosion.com

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category: Attractions
region: Chicago
collection: A National Historic Landmark, the Charles J. Hull mansion, pictured above, was built in 1856 and occupied by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889. Furnishings, paintings, photographs, and exhibits recreate the history of this world-famous settlement and the work of its residents.
topics: history, womens, women s
categories: Famous people houses
languages: English
amenities: Every Tuesday from 12-1:30, come to the Museum for FREE, delicious soup made from local ingredients and served in the beautiful Arts & Crafts Residents' Dining Hall. Meals include a free conversation about urban agriculture and other critical local and global, food issues.
category: Museums
location: Chicago
nearby points of interest: Arrigo Park (Vernon Park), Piazza DiMa, Holy Family Church, Garibaldi Park, Notre Dame de Chicago, Former site of Weisenfreund's Pavilion Theatre, Chicago Tribute Markers of Distinction, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
parking: Free
accessibility: Accessible wheelchair entrance(s), Accessible wheelchair entrance(s), Accessible seating area available (if auditorium/stadium venue), Accessibility phone: 312.413.5353
neighborhood: Little Italy, UIC
parking: Onsite parking is available.
public transportation: EL: Blue to UIC/Halsted. Bus: 8 Halsted, 12 Roosevelt.
short description: This museum is a dynamic memorial to the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jane Addams, who helped the city's diverse immigrant communities develop roots in Chicago. Today, visitors can learn about Chicago history, borrow seeds from an heirloom seed library, learn about urban horticulture, eat soup...
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location: Chicago, Illinois
editorial review: This restored mansion contains a wonderful collection of documents, furniture and photographs of residents and supporters of Hull-House, such as attorney Clarence Darrow, suffragette Susan B....
keywords: cultural, history, indoor, Museum, Nature, science, women's history
tips: The Museum will be closed to the public for tours from December 18th until January 3rd. It will re-open on January 5th for regular hours.

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