The Chicago Baseball Museum is a nonprofit organization that will collect, preserve, document, research, and interpret artifacts and events which are associated with the legacy, evolution and contemporary life of Chicago baseball.
The Chicago Baseball Museum will begin collecting and displaying prints, photographs, objects and artifacts in specially designed galleries tailored to the following preliminary categories:
Each gallery will tell a unique, comprehensive, and historic tale of Chicago baseball focusing on the developments, milestones, personnel and perspectives ranging from the sport’s inception to present day. Additional thematic galleries will explore topics and events more narrowly focused but within the realm of the aforementioned topics. Themed galleries may include:
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Chicago Baseball Hall of Fame
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The 1919 ‘Black Sox’ Scandal
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Inaugural All-Star Game
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Chicago baseball magistrates
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Chicago ballparks and special events
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Disco Demolition
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The Beatles concerts
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The Comiskey Family
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The Wrigley Family
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The Veeck Family
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Chicago baseball fans