The exhibit on Captain Bill Pinkney, a Chicago native who became the first Black sailor to solo-circumnavigate the globe around the five Great Capes in 1992, on display at the Chicago Maritime Museum.

Madeline Crispell, the curator of the Chicago Maritime Museum, dug into the story. "James Bolivar Needham was born in 1850 in Chatham, Ontario.

CHICAGO — A new exhibition at the Chicago Maritime Museum is bringing new interest to the work of a Black artist from the late 19th-century. The five oil paintings that depict scenes of the ...

Madeline Crispell, Curator of the Chicago Maritime Museum, joins Rick Kogan to talk about two new exhibits, the Lady Elgin disaster and Black sailor Bill Pinkney, both opening Friday night. For more ...

CHICAGO - As Chicagoans hit the waterways this summer with kayaks, sailboats and bare feet, they may not be thinking about the ways water shaped the city, but the Chicago Maritime Museum is always ...

The Chicago Maritime Museum has acquired five unattributed paintings that are believed to belong to 19th Century Black artist James Bolivar Needham, who settled in Chicago and became part of a ...

They also include the Chicago Maritime Museum and Newberry Library. But the digital program offerings limit which days per week people can visit and some popular destinations pulled out, such as ...

CHICAGO — Earlier this year, we told you about five unattributed paintings acquired by the Chicago Maritime Museum. The curator was almost certain the work belonged to 19th Century Black artist ...

The museum on the south branch of the Chicago River in the Bridgeport Art Center at 1200 W 35th St. will debut the new exhibits to the public on Friday, May 17.