Luxist

Another museum has announced that it is closing its doors. The McCormick Freedom Museum, which is located in Chicago's Tribune Tower, opened three years ago and explores the role of freedom in society, will be closing March 1. The museum will take its message of free speech and civic responsibility on the road, putting on exhibits at schools and other locations using mobile displays in converted buses or trailers. The Chicago Tribune reports that the McCormick Foundation, the charitable trust that owns and operates the 10,000-square-foot museum decided to vacate partly because of Tribune Co.'s uncertain plans for the building. Tribune has said that it may put the building up for sale. The museum will keep offices elsewhere on Michigan Avenue and may lay off some staff. 23/02/09