Packingtown Museum Launch

1400 West 46th Street,Chicago IL 60609

02 October, 2021

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Join us for the long-awaited official launch of the Packingtown Museum! Opening Reception and Public Launch The doors of the Packingtown Museum officially open on Sat. Oct. 2 from 3-6pm. Please join us! The reception program will include brief remarks from Dominic Pacyga, museum curator and professor emeritus of history at Columbia College, and John Edel, the founder of The Plant and the Packingtown Museum. --------------------------------- Here's what else is going on at The Plant on Sat. Oct. 2; for more details, please visit our website. noon-11pm: Whiner taproom + pizza 2pm + 5pm: Tour of The Plant (advance ticket purchase encouraged) 3pm: Free brewery tour 3-6pm: Packingtown Museum launch 3-6pm: Turtle Stop, featuring products made + grown at The Plant --------------------------------- Museum Vision The Packingtown Museum provides a unique opportunity to connect Chicago’s industrial past to its future and inform contemporary conversations about labor, immigration, food production, community development and the economy. The South Side of Chicago’s role in the development of industrialization – of food, in particular – transformed the region and is globally significant. The story of the development of the Union Stock Yard and Packingtown, the surrounding neighborhoods, and the people who live and work here includes chapters on organized labor, the role of immigration in fueling the growth of the city and its economy, and the changing relationship between people, machines, and food. All of these historical themes are relevant to the political and social dynamics of Chicago and the United States today. Through a better understanding of and appreciation for this 150-year history, we can be more engaged and thoughtful participants in the present and future that is unfolding here in Back of the Yards. --------------------------------- Learn more about the Packingtown Museum + The Plant The Packingtown Museum is located inside The Plant, a research and production facility comprising a collaborative community of small food businesses Back of the Yards, in Chicago, IL.