LOGAN SQUARE — A worldwide day of events designed for geeking out on “curious and awe-inspiring places” has a stop in Logan Square. And it comes with a commemorative button.
The Busy Beaver Button Company, a button factory and the world’s only pinback button museum at 3279 W. Armitage Ave., will be open to the public, free with RSVP, Saturday, May 30 from 3-4:30 p.m.
The special tour is part of a global series of more than 150 events in 39 states and 25 countries, all on a single day.
The Busy Beaver Button Museum currently has around 10,000 buttons on-hand or on display, but, according to Busy Beaver owner and Logan Square resident Christen Carter, it’s the story behind each button that makes the museum such a draw.
“We’re not interested in the value, more about how it communicates an idea of the time,” she said in February. “The button is a larger idea distilled into a small space, like a [news] headline. They tell a rich story.”
Other Chicago highlights for Atlas Obscura 2015 include
- The International Museum of Surgical Science (Gold Coast - Attend a special tour of the artistic side of the museum and the mansion that houses it)
- The Grounds of Graceland Cemetery (Uptown - Stroll amongst the dead and the artwork that commemorates their passing)
- Letter Writers Alliance Club House (West Town - Enjoy exclusive access to the Letter Writers Alliance Club House in celebration of Obscura Day)
Each of the global events is equally, if not more, weird and oddball than the last.
[DNAinfo/Darryl Holliday]
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