National Public Housing Museum

The National Public Housing Museum in Chicago explores the history of public housing in the United States through the experiences of the people who lived there. Located in a restored apartment building in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, the museum focuses on housing, community and the policies that have shaped American cities. Visitors can explore recreated apartments, personal objects, photographs and oral histories that reveal everyday life in public housing. Exhibitions connect individual stories with broader themes such as race, migration, poverty, urban development and housing rights, while the building itself was once part of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Ida B. Wells Homes.