Mission:  The National Public Housing Museum is the first cultural institution in the United States dedicated to interpreting the American experience in public housing. The Museum draws on the power of place and memory to illuminate the resilience of poor and working class families of every race and ethnicity to realize the promise of America.

"We want to leave something so our children or grandchildren will know we were here... that we existed as a community."
- Ms. Deverra Beverly, Founding Chair, National Public Housing Museum

 NPHM Resolution Appointing Ms. Deverra Beverly as Founding Chair.pdf (138 KB)

“Whereas, we the representatives of the residents of public housing in Chicago recognize that we have a legacy to preserve and that through the establishment of a museum our legacy will continue through generations.”
- Resolution of the Central Advisory Council, Chicago Housing Authority, December 2006

 

 

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_{Images: Left: Children play in 1952 at Loomis Courts. Breezeways were called "sidewalks in the air" by the Chicago Housing Authority. Photograph by Harry Callahan
Right: The animal court at the Jane Addams Homes during the early 1950s. Statues by artist Edgar Miller are now being conserved. Photograph from the Chicago Housing Authority Archive}

News Release:

Commissioner Deverra Beverly,
Founding Chair appointed to the CHA Board of Commissioners

Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed the Museum's "Founding Chair", Deverra Beverly to the CHA Board of Commissioners.

Click Here to Read the Press Release:

Press_Release_-_Commissioner_Deverra_Beverly_Aug20 (183 KB)



National Public Housing Museum Names Founding Executive Director

We are delighted to report that The National Public Housing Museum's board of Directors voted unanimously and with great enthusiasm to appoint Keith L. Magee as its Founding Executive Director.

Click Here to Read the Press Release:
NPHM_NamesFounding_Executive_Director-Immediate_Re (93 KB)