Museum Mission
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jane Addams (1860-1935) and other resident social reformers whose work influenced the lives of their immigrant neighbors as well as national and international public policy. As Hull-House Settlement was a place where immigrants, social reformers, writers and others could imagine, convene and argue about the issues of the time, the Museum continues to provide a place to discuss and debate the contemporary social issues of today. The Museum preserves and develops the original Hull-House site for the interpretation and continuation of the historic settlement house vision, linking research, education, and social engagement.
Jane Addams may have run a “hull” of a house, but with a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, today’s women –and men!– of Hull-House are creating a dynamic new memorial to the social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Check back to follow our process as we construct a new permanent exhibit at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
Dear Hull House,
I am writing a social work text book and would like to include a photograph or two of Jane Addams. Are there any photos available, such as the solo portrait and of her and her colleagues holding the peace sign, that I might have permission to use for the text. I also am interested in featuring the community maps that the she and the Hull House members made. I have permission forms that I can complete if this is feasible. I am available to speak by phone at 201-562-5662 or via email at tmaschi@fordham.edu
The University of Nevada, Reno has a documentary VHS tape–The Women of Hull-House which, unfortunately, is no longer playibng well. We were wondering if might possibly be available on DVD at this time.
Thank you,
Lucy UNR Multimedia Center.
Hi Lucy,
We do have copies of the VHS available for sale on our website, though we have never converted that film to DVD.
We also sell a more updated introduction to Hull-House history, a DVD called An Experiment in Democracy. I highly recommend it.
Ordering info is here: http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/_learn/_educationalresources/purchase.html
Please call us at 312.413.5353 if you have any additional questions,
Lisa Junkin