Private Event. This tour will explore the lives and achievements of many significant Chicago women including internationally acclaimed social reformer Jane Addams, anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells, and philanthropist and arts patron Kate Buckingham.

Please join me for this informative and fun walking tour of Humboldt Park.

Private Event. Since the late 19th Century, Chicago’s parks have included some of the nation’s most important works of outdoor public art.

Private Event. Julia Bachrach will illuminate the fascinating history of the Cook County Forest Preserves.

Julia Bachrach will present this three-part series exploring the evolution of the Prairie style in Chicago's parks.

This women's history program, sponsored by the Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association, will be free and open to the public.

Julia Bachrach will give a presentation on the history of design response to changing recreational trends.

Julia Bachrach will present a history of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair

Julia Bachrach will present this history of Jackson Park's 19th century transformations in conjunction with the Newbery Library's new exhibition entitled Pictures from the Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair.

This tour will visit several historic park field houses with Progressive Era murals which were created to inspire and educate the immigrant residents who lived in the surrounding neighborhoods during the early 20th century.

In this presentation historian Julia Bachrach will highlight the work of Chicago Jewish architects from the late 1880s through the 1970s.

Julia Bachrach will lead this seminar that explores the lives and work of many significant Chicago women who overcame great obstacles to achieve success.

This tour will explore Washington Park’s landscape history and public artworks including Lorado Taft’s Fountain of Time.

This walking tour features a broad array of public artworks from various eras in and just outside of Lincoln Park

On this tour, you will learn about how Humboldt Park served as a “living laboratory” for Prairie style landscape architect Jens Jensen in the early 20th century.

Julia Bachrach will lead “Around the Block Tours” of the Art Institute and Grant Park.  

This walking tour will reveal the fascinating history of Grant Park, Chicago’s “Front Yard,” Grant Park.

This bus tour explores significant park artworks and landscape designs representing many fascinating eras.

During this private luncheon program, Julia Bachrach will present “Prairie in the City,” featuring the contributions of Jens Jensen, who is widely considered Dean of Prairie style landscape architecture.

As part of the William & Mary Alumni Association Weekend in Chicago, Julia Bachrach will be the featured guest for the gala dinner during a private charter cruise of Lake Michigan. 

On this walking tour, you will make many fascinating discoveries in Lincoln Park, including two historic monuments that were recently reinstalled after having disappeared years ago

This bus tour celebrates important milestones in the history of the city, state, and American history.

In conjunction with the Associates of the Art Institute’s theme “Inspired by the Past,” Julia Bachrach will present to the Southland Community Associations. This presentation explores Chicago’s collection of murals and paintings in park field houses during the Progressive Era. 

During the early 20th century, Chicago’s renowned architects and planners Burnham and Bennett envisioned Grant Park as a magnificent French Renaissance landscape. That dream was finally realized in the 1920s, and since then Chicagoans have enjoyed a sense of Paris by visiting the city’s south lakefront.

In this presentation, Julia Bachrach will share her research, describe naming and other recent efforts to commemorate women’s contributions to Illinois history. She will illuminate the stories of many significant women who overcame great obstacles to achieve success.

This private tour includes two iconic Prairie style properties that were both completed in 1908—Unity Temple and the Garfield Park Conservatory. 

In this presentation historian Julia Bachrach will highlight the work of Chicago Jewish architects from the late 1880s through the 1970s.

This presentation by landscape historian Julia Bachrach highlights the fascinating development of Chicago’s parks.

Focusing on economic, environmental, social, and political factors while highlighting each area’s character, the seminar examines the history, current conditions, and latest urban plans for three fascinating communities.