The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago is offering free admission and educational activities for all ages on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20, 2024, as an official partner site for the Chicago Architecture Center’s Open House Chicago. An anchor of the historic Greektown neighborhood, the Museum is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on both dates and admission includes complementary exhibition tours with trained NHM docents, offered at the top of each hour throughout the weekend. Visitors will have access to NHM’s core exhibition Reaching for the American Dream: The Greek Story in America as well as current exhibitions Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White and Legacy, Renewal & Unity: Celebrating 100 Years of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate: Protecting the Future of Faith. The National Hellenic Museum (333 S. Halsted Street, Chicago) is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission is offered during Open House Chicago on October 19 and 20, 2024. For more information on current exhibitions, events and memberships, visit nationalhellenicmuseum.org or call 312-655-1234. Regular Museum hours are Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit nationalhellenicmuseum.org or call 312-655-1234.

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