Open House Chicago Self- & Staff-Guided Tours

Program Type:

Arts & Culture

Age Group:

Adults, Older Adults
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Event Details

Self-guided tours
All weekend long during open library hours, visitors can enjoy self-guided poster tours highlighting architectural aspects of the current library building as well as unique items in Special Collections.

Staff-guided tours
Guided 30-minute tours led by Special Collections library staff members will be offered:

  • Saturday, October 15 at 11 am and 3 pm
  • Sunday, October 16 at 1 pm and 3 pm

Film screening
Also on Saturday at 1 pm, a free screening of the film Frank Lloyd Wright’s Modern Masterpiece: Unity Temple will take place in the Main Library’s Veterans Room. This documentary pulls back the curtain on Wright’s first public commission in the early 1900s to more recent efforts restoring the 100-year-old building to its original beauty. Register for the film screening »

About Open House Chicago
These events are part of Open House Chicago, a free public festival from the Chicago Architecture Center that offers behind-the-scenes access to architecturally, historically, and culturally significant sites across the city on October 15-16. Learn more at openhousechicago.org »

Other participating sites in Oak Park

  • Cheney Mansion
  • First United Methodist Church of Oak Park
  • Grace Episcopal Church
  • Oak Park Art League
  • Oak Park Conservatory
  • Oak Park River Forest Museum
  • One Lake Brewing
  • Pilgrim Congressional Church
  • Pleasant Home Farson House
  • West Suburban Temple Har Zion