MUSEUM RELIC? HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S $17.09 QUESTION.

From: Crain's Chicago Business | Date: January 18, 1999| Author: SNYDER, DAVID | Copyright information

Has Chicago lost its sense of history? Or has the Chicago Historical Society lost touch with its market?

Why, in a city with unprecedented civic pride and an insatiable appetite for reveling in its contributions to politics, architecture and business, does the 143-year-old institution draw fewer than 145,000 visitors per year -- roughly the same number the Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) attract in a single month?

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