Chicago History Museum

The Chicago History Museum, which is situated in Lincoln Park, originally housed some amazing relics, including Abraham Lincoln's final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. The museum still has an extraordinary collection that chronicles the history of the Windy City today. Find out more about Chicago's colorful past in the museum's permanent collection, Chicago: Crossroads of America, which includes information on the city's diverse neighborhoods, entertainment, and business. The museum is guaranteed to inform and amuse everyone with its varied collection of historical relics, which includes the first elevated railway car in the city and Lincoln's deathbed.