FROM THE PAST..... IN THE PRESENT..... FOR THE FUTURE

THE INDO-AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM

Promotes understanding and engages with communities to document the history, celebrate the heritage, and showcase the contributions of Indian Americans to the building of America.

• Tour India in Chicago
• Visit Our Galleries to learn little known facts about the earliest arrivals from India.

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THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY:
Indian Freedom Fighters in the United States

 

• Share Stories of your immigrant experience. 
• Become an IAHM Volunteer.

IAHM holds its programs at Chicago’s Indo-American Center at 6328 N. California Avenue, in the Indian-Pakistani business district along Devon Avenue. Visitors and volunteers engage in lively, interactive sessions and use the "living museum" of the ethnic market in an exploration of immigrant life.

The Museum is open by appointment between 10am and 5pm Monday-Saturday. To make an appointment or request information on programs, email info@iahmuseum.org.

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• Indians living in the United States were actively involved in India's freedom struggle?
  Learn more about the Indian independence movement in the United States
  
• The first Indian in the United States is said to have been a man from Madras who visited Salem, Massachusetts in 1790?
  Learn more about early Indian visitors to the United States
• Indians served in the U.S. military during the Civil War?
  Learn more about Indians in the military
• The first Sikh gurudwara in the U.S. was established in Stockton, California in 1912?
  Learn more about how Indian Americans have transformed the religious landscape of the United States

IAHM and Natya Dance Theatre proudly present: "Beats of Life: Rhythms of Heritage."

The seven-performance series kicks off December 4, 2011 at 2:30pm

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Plan an exciting experience for your group on Chicago’s famous Devon Avenue.

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2011 Volunteer Opportunities

 

 

 

in the NEWS

Indo-American Heritage Museum on NPR's Morning Edition!
Listen to Lynette Kalsnes capture the essence of IAHM's Ethnic Dialogue with teachers from Chicago Public Schools on WBEZ.

Rollicking Good Times at Indo-American Heritage Museum Event
IAHM's Spring Into Comedy showcased some of the finest comedians of South Asian heritage. 

 

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