Spend a festive day at the Block Museum with the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in celebration of exhibition Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera. Enjoy open galleries, food, music and storytelling by portrait sitter Mark Jourdan, and a gallery talk with portrait sitter Kim Vigue, Executive Director of the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, on […]

  In partnership with the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian and Evanston Township High School District 202, the Bach & Beethoven Experience (BBE) will premiere a new musical work called The Story of Pa I Sha, composed by BBE’s Artistic Director Brandi Berry Benson. This premiere will take place on Tuesday, November 7 at […]

Reception Photos 2023 Benefit Photos2023 End of YearJohn B. Herrington, Ph.D. (Chickasaw), was the first member of a federally recognized tribe to travel to space. Like many children in the 1960s, he dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Although Herrington held tight to his goal of flying in space, his path to the astronaut corps was […]

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 

  Our 2023 Winter Market is back! This program honors Indigenous entrepreneurs and brings together innovative Native artists, business owners, leaders, and creators with community members, buyers, and potential clients. Participating Indigenous artists and entrepreneurs will have the chance to share their arts and crafts, contributions, accomplishments, and professional services with the public, allowing guests to […]

We are proud to be a community partner for an upcoming program at Illinois Holocaust Museum. Please join us at the Illinois Holocaust Museum for a FREE screening of Without A Whisper - Konnón:Kwe, a powerful true story about a fight for freedom and equality.      

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Monday, January 15th, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thank you to our Sponsor Grace Lutheran Church!  Stay tuned as we announce more free days in the coming months! For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 

  The Mitchell Museum, in partnership with the Evanston Public Library and Northwestern University Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, kicks off a new project to ensure Indigenous representation in children's literature at our first Native Book Fair on Monday, January 15th, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To make sure authentic Native […]

  The Mitchell Museum, in partnership with the Evanston Public Library and Northwestern University Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, kicks off a new project to ensure Indigenous representation in children’s literature at the second Native Book Fair on Friday, February 16th, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. About the Project We are […]

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Friday, February 16th, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Monday, February 19th, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thank you to our Sponsor Grace Lutheran Church! For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 

Join us for a day of free admission at the Mitchell Museum on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thank you to our Sponsor Grace Lutheran Church! Our monthly Museum Free Days will now include Indigenous Artists Pop-Up Markets! Each month, visit and shop with different local Indigenous artists.Sunset Kwe Designs […]