Chicago History Museum going suburban
The Chicago History Museum is making some history of its own as it offers its first exhibit on a Chicago suburb, picking Schaumburg for the honor. That's Schaumburg as in Woodfield Mall, IKEA and "autoburb."
After 150 years of marking such big-city milestones as the Great Fire, Al Capone and the first "L" train, the museum has gone suburban, officials say.
"We finally broke out of the city limits because Chicago extends -- it's not just the city," said Olivia Mahoney, the museum's chief curator. "It has a lot of connections outward, and Schaumburg is a quintessential post-World War II American suburb."
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After 150 years of marking such big-city milestones as the Great Fire, Al Capone and the first "L" train, the museum has gone suburban, officials say.
"We finally broke out of the city limits because Chicago extends -- it's not just the city," said Olivia Mahoney, the museum's chief curator. "It has a lot of connections outward, and Schaumburg is a quintessential post-World War II American suburb."