What kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Here's what you told us

We asked readers what kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Here’s some of what you told us, lightly edited for clarity.

"Retail museum dedicated to Sears, Montgomery Ward, Marshall Field, Spiegel, etc. All the big old Chicago stores."

— Bonnie Richardson

"A Chicago Blues Museum, preferably at the former Chess Records location on South Michigan Avenue."

— Richard Bartecki

"Museum of Unknowns, highlighting non-famous, everyday people doing big or important things in the city."

— Kimberly Conner

"A 'Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.' … Oh, wait."

— Robert Juergens

"An offshoot or partner of the National Comedy Center ... specifically for Chicago comedy."
— Scotty Jay

"Halsted Street old businesses from the '60s and '70s."
— LeTroy Daniel Newbill-Owens

"A Soul Train museum. A milestone in Black TV and a cultural phenomenon worthy of celebrating. If it reached a white kid like me living in rural Maine every Saturday, you know its impact is far reaching."

— Poly Collins

"History of Chicago cinema."
— Tom Knoff, Hoffman Estates

"Museum of Food."

— Benjamin Gan

"There are many transit museums in large cities in Europe and around the world. Why not one in Chicago? It could showcase the interesting history of public transportation (the CTA and its predecessors plus the incredible story of robber baron Charles Yerkes)."
— Janet Volk, Lake View

"A museum of retired toys."

— Gee EL Jae

"A Museum of Journalism. The greatest newspaper town in America — think 'The Front Page' and 'His Girl Friday' and the City News Bureau — and there’s nowhere to hear those amazing stories or see those iconic photos."
— Patrick Leary

"A museum dedicated to the World's Columbian Exposition."

— Anna Marie

"A portrait museum that features ... Chicagoans, famous, infamous, non-famous, from the past and the present, all backgrounds and ages with little plaques telling their stories."
— Alexandra Newman

"House Music Museum."
— Jalil El

"Music, from jazz to house to today’s amazing music scene in Chicago … including the world class Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its history."
— Stephan Göttlicher

"Chicago Museum of Corruption."

— Luis Ortiz