Lecture: How the World Arrived on Lake Michigan’s Shores

The Elmhurst History Museum is an award-winning regional history museum founded in 1957 and operated by the City of Elmhurst. Learn more: www.elmhursthistory.org.

Elmhurst History Museum

Join author Sam Mitrani as he discusses the history of immigration to the Chicagoland area and the ways immigrants have shaped the region.

Elmhurst History Museum Education Center

<p>At least since the first Algonquian-speaking tribes arrived here, the Chicago area has attracted people whose lives were disrupted by war, famine, revolution, and economic crisis from all over the world. Join author and College of DuPage Professor of History Sam Mitrani to learn why so many came here and how these successive waves of immigrants have shaped and been shaped by this region we call home. Program takes place in the museum’s Education Center. More info at elmhursthistory.org or call 630-833-1457.</p>

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