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Open House Chicago

Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, 2025, 2025

As part of Open House Chicago, we will open our doors to our historic 1926 City of Chicago landmark, the Murphy Auditorium.

Designed by noted Chicago architects Benjamin Marshall and Charles E. Fox, who also designed the Blackstone and Drake Hotels, the Murphy originally served as a center for surgical research, education, and advancement and to develop programs for the standardization of hospitals. Erected as a monument to Dr. John B. Murphy (1857-1916), a founding member of the American College of Surgeons and considered one of the greatest clinical educators of his generation, the building’s iconic limestone exterior is Marshall’s interpretation of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation (1900) in Paris. The building features a pair of cast bronze doors produced by Tiffany Studios at the front entrance, comprising six panels depicting prominent figures in medicine’s history. It also has a towering, multicolored stained-glass window inside the auditorium.

This event is free, and reservations are not required. This event does not include admission to our exhibition or gallery spaces. For more information, visit https://openhousechicago.org/.