Past Events
Member Event for State of the Museum
MEMBERS ONLY EVENT: As members of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, we want to keep you up-to-date on the happenings of the Museum & Library. This special member event (which can be attended in-person or via livestream) is for YOU to hear directly from our President, Dr. Krewasky A. Salter, on the future of the PMML as we move into our 20th year and beyond.
This event will take place from 12pm-1:30pm on May 15th, 2023. The presentation and lunch will be held in the 3rd Floor Gallery.
The U.S.-Saudi Relationship and Israel's Move to CENTCOM
Join the Pritzker Military Museum and Library (PMML) and The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) for an evening reception and program featuring Vice Admiral Mark I. Fox, USN (ret.) discussing the benefits of Israel joining CENTCOM and his perspective on the U.S.-Saudi relationship from his participation in the JINSA fact finding trip to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Tet and the Battle of Hue: Exhibit Preview and Reflecting on the Vietnam War 55 Years Later
Join us on Monday, May 15th for an exclusive preview of our new temporary exhibit, Tet and the Battle of Hue displaying historic photographs captured by Stars and Stripes photographer John Olson and 3-D tactile models and audio describing the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive that changed the course of the Vietnam War.
The event begins at 6:00 pm with a panel discussion and Q&A featuring John Olson and Battle of Hue veterans, Myron Harrington and A.B. Grantham, moderated by Max Lederer of the Stars and Stripes. After the program, mingle through the exhibit with the panelists to learn more from their recollections of the Vietnam War 55 years later.
Global Strategy Briefing with US. Army Colonel Timothy J. MacDonald
Meet U.S. Army Col. Timothy J. MacDonald for a briefing on the U.S. military strategy for rising concerns with Russia and China in Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and Africa.
Colby Award Winner: Wesley Morgan
The PMML is pleased to introduce Wesley Morgan, military affairs reporter, and Colby award-winning author to discuss his book: The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley. Morgan unravels the history the U.S. troops didn’t know, captures the culture and reality of the war through both American and Afghan eyes, and reports on the snowballing American missteps that made each unit’s job harder than the last as storied outfits like Marines, paratroopers, Rangers, Green Berets, and SEALs all took their turn over nearly two decades.
Tokyo Rose: Zero Hour with Andre Frattino, Kate Kasenow, and Janice Chiang
Tokyo Rose, the seductress of the airwaves, charming and demoralizing the Allies with every broadcast. Her sultry tones were the ultimate WWII propaganda weapon, but who was she really? Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour is a riveting graphic novel that tells the true story of this much maligned woman. Join us and the International Spy Museum for a conversation with the author Andre Frattino, the illustrator Kate Kasenow, and the letterer Janice Chiang.
PMML Book Club: The Russia House
At a small British trade fair in Moscow, a message of global importance is made up of three very fragile human links: a Soviet physicist (code name Bluebird) burdened with a secret knowledge; a beautiful young Russian woman to whom the papers are entrusted; and Barley Blair, a bewildered English publisher pressed into service by British Intelligence to ferret out the source of the document. A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage. Join the PMML Book Club as we discuss John le Carré's The Russia House.
Propaganda Posters for the Modern Day: An Exhibition of Original Artwork by the Students at Columbia College
Join us at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on Thursday, March 23rd at 5:00 PM for a hour-long reception celebrating the opening of a temporary, juried art exhibition of propaganda posters designed by students at Columbia College’s Illustration Department. The exhibit features original artwork that address a variety of topics while capturing the attention-grabbing, emotion-stirring spirit that defines great military propaganda posters. Explore the exhibit and meet the artists and following the reception, at 6:00 PM, join us for a special moderated panel discussion with the creators of the top three submissions.
Persuasion on the Page: The Art of Propaganda Poetry
Join us at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on Saturday, March 18th from 1:00-3:00 pm for a poetry workshop, where three talented poets from the Chicago-based organization Poems While You Wait will demonstrate how to channel the persuasive power of WWI propaganda poetry into poems about any topic. Explore what made the propaganda poems of WWI so impactful, experience a performance of improvisational poetry, and craft a poem alongside professional poets Kathleen Rooney, Andrea Rehani, and Alex Berge.
PMML Book Club: MASH
Before the beloved movie and television series that became a household viewing staple, the story of the 4077th was told in Richard Hooker’s hilarious and moving novel, M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The first in a series of 15 books by multiple authors, MASH follows a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War where, in the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees." Join the PMML Book Club as we discuss the story of MASH - part dramatic Korean War history, part farce - which has become an ingrained part of American culture and entertainment.
Play Attention at the Kohl Children’s Museum
Are you a military or veteran family? Join the PMML Public Programs Team at our activity table at the Kohl Children’s Museum in Glenview, IL on Sunday, February 5th from 2-5pm for a FREE Sunday afternoon play session provided exclusively for military and veteran families to bond together.
Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath
Join the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and Chicago native, author Ben Kesling, on Thursday, November 10th at 6:00 pm CDT for a conversation and discussion in observance and recognition of Veterans Day, of his new book, Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath.
PMML Book Club: Von Ryan's Express
Join us for a discussion of the POW escape thriller, Von Ryan's Express, by David Westheimer.
POWs in The Great War
FREE STUDENT WEBINAR. Learn about one of the most globally shared experiences of WWI, being a prisoner of war with Lora Vogt, Curator of Education and Interpretation of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.