• Recent News

• It Takes a Fleet: Working Boats of the Chicago River

  From June 19 to June 29, 2008, you can come to the Bridgehouse Museum to take a close look at the boats that keep the Chicago River safe, clean and vibrant. Read more... Read more...

  Read our 2008 Season Opening Press Release

  "CULTURAL ANCHOR OF THE DOWNTOWN RIVERWALK REOPENS" Group uses innovative Michigan Avenue Bridgehouse to tells river's - and Chicago's - story. Read more...

  Bridgehouse Museum joins night-long cultural celebration

  The Bridgehouse Museum joins one hundred other venues in a Loop-wide celebration of arts, culture and architecture for Looptopia '08. Museum doors will stay open afterhours on May 2nd and admission will be free between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Read more...

  Join our Efforts

  Learn how you can be a part of this fantastic new educational resource.

  A New Museum

  The McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum opened June 10, 2006, but the story of its creation begins much earlier.

Group Tours

For groups of 20 or more, tickets are only $2 per person.

During our regular summer season, please call (312) 977-0227 at least 24 hours in advance of your group’s visit to the Bridgehouse Museum to make arrangements. We can help you plan your group’s visit.

To schedule off-season group visits, please contact Ozana Balan at (312) 939-0490 ext. 23 or at obalan@chicagoriver.org.

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card and American Express.