MoCP's DARKROOM Tickets are on Sale

Celebrate MoCP and the museum's 50th anniversary at their annual benefit auction party next month, DARKROOM taking place February 26, 2026.

DARKROOM brings together hundreds of photography enthusiasts, artists, and arts patrons for an evening to support the museum.

This year, MoCP honors photographer Joel Sternfeld with the Silver Camera Award while showcasing nearly 50 artists in the auction and offering one-of-a-kind live arts experiences on-site at DARKROOM.

Purchase DARKROOM Tickets here

Chicago Museum Member Swap Coming Up Jan 29–Feb 1

A perk of being a member at many of Chicago's smaller museums and institutions is that you can explore Chicago’s incredible collection of museums with the new Chicago Museum Member Swap weekend event! 

From January 29-February 1, present your participating membership card at any of the participating Chicago museums, and enjoy free admission!  

Participating museums are American Writers Museum, Driehaus Museum, Glessner House, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Surgical Science, National Museum of Mexican Art, National Public Housing Museum, National Hellenic Museum and Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art and the Intuit Museum of Art

The offer extends to the cardholding member plus one guest and any children 16 years old and younger. Check participating museums’ websites for expectations around advance registration or walk-in visits.

Les Enluminures Closing New York Location but Keeping Chicago and Paris

Founder Sandra Hindman shared:

As of February 1, we will be closing the New York gallery of Les Enluminures. Since we opened there 14 years ago, we have met so many wonderful people and hosted many exhibitions and special events, With the opening of our new space on the Palais Royal in Paris, we have decided it’s time to narrow our focus to our two “home” spaces – Paris where the business began and Chicago where I am based and which is increasingly active. 

Please be assured that we will still have a presence in New York. We will continue to participate in the Winter Show in January and the New York Antiquarian Book Fair in the Spring, as well as other ad hoc events. And -- New York is a mere 1 ½ hours away from Chicago by air!

Newberry Library Announces Winter NewberryFest January 24

The Newberry will hold an event on Saturday, January 24, 12-3pm designed to help both new and returning visitors learn more about the independent research library in Chicago’s Gold Coast. 

“Winter NewberryFest” is an open house-style event that will lean into the library’s extensive collection of maps, dating from the 1500s through present. NewberryFest arrives as a current exhibition, Mapping Outside the Lines, takes visitors through a vast array of maps from mundane textbooks to avant garde art.

Winter NewberryFest will take place on the first floor of the library (60 West Walton Place, Chicago) with a wide variety of activities that are free and open to all, including:

• Coming face-to-face with extraordinary maps and related items from our collections and having questions answered by our expert librarians and curators.
• Learning from our map curator about how to find and enjoy materials in our collection in a half-hour session, 12-12:30pm.
• Making map-inspired art through collage and papermaking from 1-3pm.
• Shopping a used book sale, which promises to offer literary treasures at low prices.
• Visiting our latest exhibitions, Mapping Outside the Lines and From Page to Pixel: Discovering the Digital Newberry.
• Joining a docent-led building tour to learn about the library's nearly 140-year history. 
• Visiting the Newberry Bookshop, which includes much more than just books. All attendees receive 10% off their purchase.
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Registration is encouraged to receive updates and reminders about the event.