• Bronzeville Visitor Information Center, 3501 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Suite 1 (Located in the old Supreme Life Building), ☎ Phone: 773 373-2842 (fergusonmtherese@yahoo.com, fax: Phone: 773 373-2827). M-F 10AM-5PM, Sa 10AM-2PM, and by appointment. The Bronzeville Visitor Information Center seeks to provide visitors with orientation and offers tours, exhibits, and a small gift shop.

• DuSable Museum of African-American History, 740 E 56th Pl (in the Park just across S Cottage Grove from the University of Chicago), ☎ Phone: 773 947-0600. M-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su noon-5PM. Chicago's museum of African-American history is named after the first settler of Chicago, a Haitian named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. The museum often has excellent and moving temporary exhibits. $3 adult, $1 child, free on Su.

• Ida B. Wells House, 3624 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr. The home of Ida B Wells, prominent African-American civil rights activist and suffragette, founder of the Black Womens' movement, and founding member of the NAACP, lived here from 1919–1929. Today it is a private residence and is closed to the public.

• Illinois Institute of Technology, 3300 S Federal St, ☎ Phone: 312 567-3000.

• Kemper Room Art Gallery (art@IIT), 35 W 33rd St, ☎ Phone: 312 567-5293.. M-F noon-5PM, Sa 8:30AM-5PM, Su 2PM-6PM. An art museum specializing in late-modern and contemporary art.

• S.R. Crown Hall, 3360 S State St, ☎ Phone: 312 567-3104 (IIT Public Relations). Locked on weekends, tours available by appointment. A major architectural landmark, designed by none other than Mies van der Rohe.

• King Drive Gateway, S Martin Luther King Jr Dr between 24th and 35th St. A 1.5 mile stretch of Martin Luther King Jr Dr full of monuments to the neighborhood's culture and history. Highlights include Alison Saar's statue, "Monument to the Great Northern Migration," Gregg LeFevre's 14 ft bronze map of the neighborhood's history, The "Victory Monument" to the African-American 8th Regiment of the Illinois State Guard (which served in France during WWI), and Geraldine McCullough's "Walk of Fame," a public art walk decorated with references to the neighborhood and its famous history.

• South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), 3831 S Michigan Ave, ☎ Phone: 773 373-1026. W-F noon-5PM, Sa 9AM-5PM, Su 1PM-5PM. A community arts center open since 1940, which was for long the only place around where minority artists could exhibit there work. Today, the center focuses primarily on African-American art, especially art related to the South Side. The arts center offers exhibits, occasional poetry readings, and neighborhood gallery tours.

• Stephen A Douglas Tomb and Memorial, 636 E 35th St, ☎ Phone: 312 744-6630. 9AM-5PM daily. A 46 ft tall column marks the mausoleum of one of the most prominent senators in US history (from whom the Douglas neighborhood gets its name), who ran and lost against Abraham Lincoln for the US presidency in a race where debate over slavery dominated the discussion.