Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Great photos and text about WWII

My beau and I spent an hour or more wandering through two floors of well arranged photos and text about the end of WWII in both pacific and European battlefields. His dad served in the pacific, mine i...

Hidden gem

My family loved our stop here. The $5 admission fee is very reasonable. Kids are free. The building is beautiful and the staff very helpful.

Spend time in the Rare Book Reading Room

It has been said, by some reviewers, that the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago is more library than museum. And that might be true. But there is such a treasure trove of rare and interest...

$5 entrance to see what??

This may be a library but if you are there for a museum aspect, skip it. We have been to many small military museums with much more to offer. Not even a veterans discount. The external building is ...

More Library than Museum

We went on Memorial Day when they have free entry. We were glad it was free b/c while we certainly appreciated what they are trying to do in the beautiful old building, honestly, there wasn’t all that...