The National Public Housing Museum has officially opened after an 18-year restoration of the last remaining building from the historic Jane Addams Homes. This museum honors the lives of real public housing residents through activism, storytelling, music, art, and memory. Visitors explore the museum through docent-led tours that highlight personal dignity and collective action, featuring exhibitions and community partnerships.

The museum’s exhibits mainly consist of recreated historic apartments. Ravenswood Studio collaborated with the museum to acquire, restore, and stage various appliances and furniture from actual public housing living spaces. Additionally, Ravenswood constructed custom display cases for other artifacts throughout the museum.

Other areas of the museum include a REC Room, which features over 1,000 records by artists who were public housing residents, and a rotating art gallery that utilizes art, archives, and public dialogue to explore and connect minority histories.