HYDE PARK — The Renaissance Society is literally tearing down the walls to celebrate the museum’s 100th anniversary.
The museum started on the University of Chicago campus in 1915 will open up its collection and revisit its former homes to celebrate the anniversary for the “Let Us Celebrate While Youth Lingers and Ideas Flow” exhibit opening Nov. 14.
In Cobb Hall, the museum’s current home at 5811 S. Ellis Ave., a portion of wall must be removed to get at a part of the collection, Raymond Pettibon’s 1998 baseball-themed mural.
The museum’s first home, Midway Studios, 929 E. 60th St., will house the bulk of the exhibit and the museum’s publication library.
Wieboldt Hall and Goodspeed Hall will also host documents from the history of the museum.
The museum will host an opening reception for the exhibit from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 20 with a performance by the Chicago punk band Negative Scanner.
On Dec. 3 art historian Maggie Taft will talk about the museum’s 1942 exhibition of objects designed in Chicago to further the war effort.
A full listing of the the free events corresponding with the exhibit are available on the museum’s website.
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