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University of Chicago campus
University of Chicago
Stony Island Arts Bank
1 3
MAP F6 • 6760 S. Stony Island
MAP E6 • 5801 S. Ellis Ave.
• Metra station: 55th St. • 1-773- Ave. • 312-857-5561 • Open 11am–
702-1234 • www.uchicago.edu 6pm Tue–Sat • DA
Noted for its research and high In 2015, contemporary artist Theaster
educational standards, this Gates, Jr. converted this once-grand
remarkable private university has 1893 bank into an exhibition and arts
produced over 80 Nobel Prize space, fostering gentrification in a
winning alumni and staff (see p50). region much in need of investment.
The center houses the record
DuSable Museum of
2 collection of the late Chicago DJ
African American History
Frankie Knuckles, considered the
MAP D5 • 740 E. 56th Pl. • Open father of House music, and over
10am–5pm Tue–Sat, noon–5pm Sun 60,000 glass lantern slides from the
• Adm (free Sun) • DA art history department at the
• www.dusablemuseum.org University of Chicago. Both collections
Located on the eastern edge of can be visited during free hour-long
Washington Park, this museum is tours offered every Saturday at 1pm.
named after Chicago’s first non-
native settler, Jean Baptiste Point
du Sable. The permanent exhibits
celebrate other firsts, such as the
first black US astronaut, Major
Robert Lawrence, and Chicago’s first
African-American mayor, Harold
Washington. Thought-provoking
exhibits include rusted slave shackles
and the “Freedom Now” mural,
depicting 400 years of African-
American history from the early days
of slavery to Civil Rights marches. Exhibits at the DuSable Museum

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