It's always a wonderful experience whenever you travel around Chicago to encounter custodians of history like museums. This is because every developed society must have a rich history and this is no different with Chicago especially bearing in mind that it is home to such greats as Abraham Lincoln and president Obama.

http://www.chicagohs.org/

What can be found in Chicago?

It's estimated that there are over 22 million collections of historical artifacts and documents in these Chicago museums. They include manuscripts, books and several other pieces of published materials, costumes of yore, films and video based on ancient setting, prints, sculptures, photographs, and painting among other antics.

Travel around Chicago museum and you will definitely get first hand information about all these.

http://www.chicagohs.org/planavisit/aboutcollection

What are some of the history museum in Chicago?

History museums are littered all over Chicago's landscape. These demonstrate the importance that the people of Illinois attach to their rich history. They include the Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum located in the Maryland Avenue, established to celebrate and honor the life of one of the leading lights in the labor movement.

There is also the Addison Historical Museum which is basically a collection of American and German Lutheran historical artifacts to name but a few. Therefore, whenever you travel around Chicago, sample the rich Illinois history.

http://www.chicagohs.org/history-around-town