Upcoming Events
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, May 19th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
A Discussion with Frank Joseph, Author of To Love Mercy
Join Author Frank S. Joseph, former Hyde Parker, for a discussion about his Hyde Park roots and his book, To Love Mercy!
Click Here to register and join via Zoom
Frank S Joseph's “Chicago Trilogy” novels [To Love Mercy, To Walk Humbly, To Do Justice] tell a story of lives forever changed by the racial turmoil that marked and marred Chicago at mid century, a great city going up in flames.
Frank lived it. He came of age as a privileged but naive White boy growing up in the ‘40s and ‘50s in Hyde Park and Kenwood, neighborhoods at the time facing racial turnover and “white flight” ... and his young adulthood as an Associated Press correspondent covering the ‘60s riots that wracked Chicago’s inner city. These life experiences undergird the Chicago Trilogy.
Frank came to Washington in 1969, landing at The Washington Post during Watergate. He went on a career founding and co-founding numerous award-winning publishing companies, and creating award-winning direct marketing campaigns as a consultant to fellow publishers.
He and his wife Carol Jason, an artist and sculptor, live just outside Washington DC in Chevy Chase MD. They are the parents of Sam and Shawn, and the grandparents of Kai.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, June 16th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, July 21st from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, August 18th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, September 15th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, November 17th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
From Hyde Park to Manzanar: The Life of the Harding Museum Curator & Hyde Park Business Owner Kiyotsugu Tsuchiya
Lourdes Nicholls, granddaughter of Kiyotsugu Tsuchiya will share how her grandfather and family went to living at the Harding Museum and owning a Japanese restaurant on Cornell, to living in one of America's Japanese Incarceration Camps... Manzanar.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, December 15th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, April 21st from 1-4pm. Urooj Naveed will provide information about the new field trip based curriculum she recently developed for the Hyde Park Historical Society as a resource for educators, youth workers, and anyone looking for fun educational activities for youth. Stop on by to the Historical Society to check out the materials and learn more!
*At 1pm there will be a special visit from Photographer, Patric McCoy who will drop by to present the Historical Society with one of his photos to be on permanent display at the headquarters.
Monthly Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for our Monthly Open House on Sunday, March 17th from 1-4pm. Check back for more information about any special programming for this or future open houses as it gets closer to the date.
Black Cultural Heritage Fest
On Saturday, March 2, join @ChicagoDPD at the Chicago History Museum for the City’s first-ever Black Cultural Harvest — a free, all-ages event created to help preserve and celebrate the Black experience in Chicago. All Chicagoans are invited to bring historical and cultural mementos to be scanned into a digital archive.
The 2024 Black Cultural Harvest is part of Chicago’s Black Cultural Heritage Initiative (BCHI) and an ongoing effort to better preserve the physical assets of cultural groups.
Visit Chicago.gov/BCHI to register and learn more.
February Open House with tour to Pioneering Black Muralist, William Walker’s, “Childhood is Without Prejudice”
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society on Sunday, February 18th from 1-4pm for our February Open House. In honor of Black History Month, visitors will have a chance to be led from our headquarters down to the 56th Street viaduct to learn about and remember pioneering black muralist, William Walker’s “Childhood is Without Prejudice”, his connection to Bret Harte School, and the impact of Walker across the City of Chicago. Free and Open to all!
UChicago Folk Fest
Stop by our table and see what’s new at the Hyde Park Historical Society during the UChicago Folk Fest in Mandel Hall at
1131 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
More details with specific times will be announced soon!
Volunteer Training
Registration is now Open for our Volunteer Orientation/Training on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at 12pm.
December Open House
Join us for our December Open House!
See the short film about the history of the building if you haven’t already, and learn more about what's happening with the HPHS!
National Visit A Cemetery Day: Oak Woods Self-Guided Audio Tours
If you missed our last open house, we will be releasing our free self-guided audio tours of Oak Woods Cemetery in honor of National Visit a Cemetery Day! Click here to access the tours
Open House Chicago @ the HPHS Headquarters
Join us for a special Open House Sunday, October 15th from 10a-5pm each day! We will be showing our new short film about the history of the building as well as have an exhibit on Oak Woods Cemetery. You will learn how to access our new free self-guided audio tours!
PLEASE NOTE: Lake Park will be closed on Sunday (10/15) until 11am for a race please keep this in mind if you planned to visit but have mobility needs, as you will not be able to drive to the front of the building and will need to park elsewhere to access the building.
Open House Chicago @ the HPHS Headquarters
Join us for a special Open House hosted in partnership with Open House Chicago on Saturday, October 14th and Sunday, October 15th from 10a-5pm each day! On Saturday, October 14th, at 2pm, join our summer intern and board member for a discussion on self guided audioo tours of Oak Woods Cemetery which will be released that day.
Likewise, a short video of the history of our building will be shown to all visitors upon entry.
PLEASE NOTE: Lake Park Ave will be closed on Sunday (10/15) until 11am for a race please keep this in mind if you planned to visit but have mobility needs, as you will not be able to drive to the front of the building and will need to park elsewhere to access the building.
ARTIST TALK with Patric McCoy: Take My Picture on his Exhibition at the Hyde Park Historical Society
Join for this Exclusive Limited-Time Exhibition at the Hyde Park Historical Society!
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture, Exhibition at the Hyde Park Historical Society
Join for this Exclusive Limited-Time Exhibition at the Hyde Park Historical Society!
Opening Night: Patric McCoy’s Take My Picture, A Photography Exhibition at the Hyde Park Historical Society
Opening Night of Patric McCoy’s Take My Picture Photography Exhibit at the Hyde Park Historical Society
POINT DAY 2.0
The Second Annual Promontory Point Day Celebration will be held Saturday, May 27, 2023. The celebration will be three fold— including the celebration of the 86th anniversary of the opening of the park, the 120th birthday of prominent landscape architect Alfred Caldwell and the new Chicago Landmark designation. More details to come.
Hyde Park Historical Society for an Open House
Join the Hyde Park Historical Society for an Open House
Our Kind of Historian: The Life and Activism of Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Author James West will discuss Our Kind of Historian: The Life and Activism of Lerone Bennett, Jr. Journalist, activist, popular historian, public intellectual, and Hyde Park resident Lerone Bennett, Jr. (1928-2018) left an indelible mark on twentieth-century American history and culture. Rooted in his role as senior editor of Ebony magazine, but stretching far beyond the boundaries of the Johnson Publishing headquarters in Chicago, Bennett’s work and activism positioned him as a prominent advocate for Black America and a scholar whose writing reached an unparalleled number of African American readers.
When Blackness was Golden: A Memoir of Pemon Rami
Monday, February 20, 2023, 7:30pm via Zoom. Pemon Rami, international film producer and author, will discuss his book When Blackness was Golden: A Memoir of Pemon Rami. Mr. Rami’s memoir charts his life as a native Chicagoan during the culturally transformative period from the 1950s-80s. When Blackness Was Golden looks back at Rami’s life and career – blending Black political consciousness and organizing with significant roles in theater, television, and the film industry. Register here.
UChicago Folk Fest and Hyde Park Memories
Visit the Hyde Park Historical Society’s table at the UChicago folk fest to share your memories of Folk Fest and of Hyde Park