The U.S. Pizza Museum is getting a home — for now — at the Roosevelt Collection. The museum is slated to open Aug. 10 in the mixed-use development in Chicago’s South Loop and is scheduled through the end of October.
Kendall Bruns, the museum founder, said the museum may remain open in that location longer, depending on public demand.
Bruns created the museum in 2015 as a tribute to all things pizza, but it has existed mostly in the form of pop-up exhibits and online at the museum’s website. The move to the Roosevelt Collection will provide him with 3,000 square feet, twice as much space as the largest of the pop-ups, Bruns said, allowing him to add context to the exhibit items and tell the story of pizza and its makers in the United States.
Admission is free to all ages, but an online reservation is required for timed entry. The first wave of tickets is available now. Click here for tickets.
The museum’s holdings include pizza art, pizza-themed clothing, pizzeria menus, pizza ads, toys, pizza-themed magnets, pizza books and even pizza records, such as “Let’s Have a Pizza Party” by The Gaylords.
Bruns is planning to open a museum store laden with pizza-related items. Special events are also being considered in conjunction with the Roosevelt Collection, including art activities, book signings, dough-making demonstrations, pizza parties and mobile pizzerias parked outside of the museum.
The museum will be open Fridays 5-8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will be at 1146 S. Delano Court West in the Roosevelt Collection.
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