On Feb. 7, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced that it is closing its downtown Chicago location on July 27 and moving to an archives center in Wisconsin later this year, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.
Col. Jennifer Pritzker (Ret.), a transgender philanthropist and 2023 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame inductee, founded the nonprofit museum and library in 2003. She still serves as the Pritzker Military Foundation president and heads the museum's board of directors.
The closing of the museum, 104 S. Michigan Ave., will coincide with the ending of its current exhibit, "War of 1812: Countering Peril on the High Seas and at Home." (There Is also a permanent exhibit, "Medal of Honor," that "highlights those who have received the United States' highest award for valor in combat," according to the museum and library's website.)
Approximately 40,000 artifacts and more than 65,000 book titles from the museum will merge with the Pritzker Military Archives Center in Somers, Wisconsin, which is about 30 miles south of Milwaukee. The nearly 52,000-square-foot Wisconsin location will open later this year.
—Andrew Davis