National Public Housing Museum

The National Public Housing Museum is a historical institution at 919 S Ada St. in Chicago, Illinois.

[5] Along the way, CHA residents were joined by "civic leaders, preservationists, historians, and cultural experts who also wanted to create a new architectural landmark to recognize an important historic site.

"[6] This group came together to preserve and transform the current site of the museum, originally designed by a team of architects led by John Holabird.

This mission manifests in the museums oral history-focused approach to storytelling and community development and programming.

The museum’s planned exhibitions and collections include an archive of oral histories of public housing residents, three restored apartments of three diverse (One Russian Jewish, one Italian-American, and one African American) families that lived in the public housing based on the oral histories of Inez Medor, members of the Rizzi family, and Marshall Hatch, and a community space for discussion and interpretation.