Join the Chicago History Museum’s bus tour exploring Chicago’s Union Stock Yard, which includes a stop into the Packingtown Museum and visits to nearby landmarks. For more details and registration information, click here.

Overview: Board the bus at CHM, then head south to the Back of the Yards neighborhood with Dominic Pacyga, professor emeritus of history at Columbia College Chicago and curator of the Packingtown Museum, which is the first stop for an overview of the Union Stock Yard’s industrial history, cultural heritage, and surrounding neighborhoods. Next, head back to the bus for an exploration of related landmarks, including the Union Stock Yard Gate, St. Gabriel Catholic Church, and Holy Cross Church, and adjacent neighborhoods, such as Back of the Yards, Bronzeville, and Bridgeport, that benefitted from the jobs the stock yards had to offer.

Please note that Whiner’s taproom is closed today for a private event.