McCormick Freedom Museum Road Show

By Shawn Healy

The McCormick Foundation announced today that the Freedom Museum will move from our physical location on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago to an expanded outreach program for students, teachers, and the general public. We will expand upon the public and student and teacher programs we already offer, and add new initiatives like a summer institute for teachers, a graduate course beginning in the Spring of 2010, and classroom programs where museum educators visit Chicagoland classrooms to extend our inspiring message of freedom through the lens of the First Amendment.

Additionally, we intend to explore operating a mobile museum that will incorporate content from our existing exhibit and bring these features directly to schools, communities, and public events throughout the region.

Fanning the Flames will continue to come your way with thrice weekly postings about local, regional, national, and global freedom-related issues. Also, Freedom and the First Amendment in the News subscribers should expect a continuation of our regular digest of mission-related current events.

This new initiative is still in its developmental stages, and many more details will emerge in the coming months. I'll be sure to share this information with our loyal readers in the weeks ahead.

To read today's press release about the Freedom Museum transition, please click here.