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Learn about the life and legacy of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian-American nun who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and served the Italian immigrants in the United States. Find out how she became the first U.S. citizen saint and the patron saint of immigrants.
A thane was a local administrator in eastern Scotland, equivalent to the son of an earl, who collected revenue and services from the estates under his control. The term thane was introduced by King David I in the 12th century, and later replaced by baron or regality.
The ISAC (formerly the Oriental Institute) is a research center and museum at the University of Chicago for ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology. It was founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted with Rockefeller funding and has a collection of artifacts from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and other regions.
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...
Find out the names and locations of various museums and cultural institutions in Chicago, from art and history to science and nature. Browse the categories of major, specialized, planned, defunct, and not-for-profit museums and galleries in the city.
Cuneo Museum is a historic mansion and art gallery in Vernon Hills, Illinois, built in 1914 by architect Benjamin Marshall. It features paintings, tapestries, and other furnishings from the Cuneo family's lifelong collecting, as well as landscapes by Jens Jensen.
Learn about the history, collections, and exhibitions of one of the largest natural history museums in the world, located in Chicago, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1894 and named after its benefactor Marshall Field, and features fossils, cultures, and conservation issues.
A historic house museum in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson in 1886-1887. Learn about the Glessner family, the Richardsonian Romanesque style, and the house's history and significance.