Programs and Events
Pritzker Military Museum & Library hosts a range of events — including lectures with distinguished authors and military personnel, movie screenings, and family programs. In addition to events, the Museum & Library showcases a variety of military artifacts and regalia in its rotating and permanent Museum exhibits.
2054 Book Talk with Admiral James Stavridis and Margaret Hoover
At this exclusive event, Admiral James Stavridis, retired Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, and Margaret Hoover, PBS television host of Firing Line, discuss the soon-to-be-released book, 2054. This sequel to New York Times best seller 2034 blends fiction with well-informed predictions of the potential geopolitical impact of America’s violent partisan divide combined with cyber breaches, biotech, and AI singularity, to explore how it could change not just the fate of American democracy, but the entire world order.(In-person and Live-stream options available)
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Ghosts of Honolulu: Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll Jr. Exclusive Event
Celebrate Veterans Day at the PMML with special guests: author and NCIS actor Mark Harmon and co-author and former NCIS Special Agent, Leon Carroll Jr. for an in-person book discussion and signing of their soon to be released book, Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor.
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In the Middle: The US Army, the Little Rock 9, and the National Guard
As our nation tore down the curtain hung by Jim Crow laws, the western city of Little Rock, Arkansas, saw a showdown between state and federal authorities played out with the Armed Forces. At the heart of this event were 9 teens trying to go to school. Learn why their battle for education and civil rights became a matter of national security and warranted the use of the Armed Forces in an American town.
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WWI Series Part I: Flirting with Danger with Janet Wallach
Join author Janet Wallach and the International Spy Museum for a conversation on her book “Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison, Socialite Spy.” Follow this widowed socialite of America’s Gilded Age, Marguerite Harrison, who became a US spy and Russian double agent from WWI to WWII. In partnership with the Spy Museum International.
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The Civil War After Appomattox
Join us for a discussion with Stephen A. Goldman M.D., author of One More War to Fight: Union Veterans' Battle for Equality through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Lost Cause, and Dr. Caroline E. Janney, author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox. Moderator Dr. Kate Masur, author and professor at Northwestern University, will guide the conversation of their research and writings about the continued battles of Civil War soldiers long after Appomattox.
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