Col. Wood's Museum (sometimes referred to simply as the Chicago Museum) was a museum and public theatre located in Chicago, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1864, but was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire. A second incarnation opened in 1875, but it was also destroyed by fire. The final incarnation of the museum was opened in 1884. In addition to museum exhibits, the museum in its various iterations also included a theatre which presented plays to the public.[1]
At one point, the museum housed a pair of mummies as well as sheets of papyri (which supposedly formed the basis for parts of the Book of Abraham) that had once belonged to Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith.
- ^ Konrad Schiecke (2011). "1865, 1875, 1884 Col. Wood's Museum". Downtown Chicago's Historic Movie Theatres. McFarland & Company. p. 48. ISBN 9780786488650.