Special Collections and Preservation Division
Neighborhood History Research Collection
Millennium Park Inc.
Opening Weekend Series
Introduction | General |Jay Pritzker Music
Pavilion/B.P.
Pedestrian Bridge | Cloud Gate | Crown Fountain | Lurie
Garden
Millennium Monument
and Wrigley Square | Harris Theater | Exelon Pavilions
Boeing Galleries | Audio-Visual | Artifacts
OPENING WEEKEND
Materials in this series relate to events around the opening weekend of Millennium Park on July 16, 2004 and the Inaugural Gala on July 24, 2004. Researchers should also consult the Millennium Park Oral History Project files in the General Series (box 3, folder 5; General VHS # 9; and General CD # 3) for more detailed information about the Opening Weekend.
Box
1
Folder
| 1 | Invitation to Grand Opening, July 2004. |
| 2 |
Invitation to Grand Opening, Special Guest Package sent by Mayor's Office, July 2004. |
| 3 |
Jam Productions, Proposals for Opening Weekend, 2004 [CD removed to Audio Visual.] |
| 4 | Brochure, Millennium Park Schedule and Map, July 16-18, 2004. |
| 5 |
Brochure, Millennium Park Free Grand Opening Celebration, July 16-18, 2004. |
| 6 |
Booklet, Grant Park Music Festival, Pritzker Premiere Weekend, July 16-18, 2004. |
| 7 |
Press Packet, Millennium Park, contains press releases, tourism brochures and fact sheet on the Park, July 16-18, 2004. |
| 8 |
Press Packet, Millennium Park, contains press releases, promotional materials, information about Frank Gehry, Anish Kapoor, Jaumé Plensa, Kathryn Gustafson, Grant Park Music Festival and John Bryan, 2004. |
| 9 |
Time Out Chicago, Millennium Park, Your Guide to the City's Hottest New Hangout, 2004. |
| 10 |
Invitation to Symposium, Architecture and Design Society, Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, Landscape, Art, & Architecture, July 23, 2004. |
| 11 | Inaugural Gala, Save the Date mailer, July 24, 2004. |
| 12 | Inaugural Gala, Opening Reception Booklet, July 24, 2004. |
Audio-Visual
Photographs
| 1.1 |
Redmoon Theater, performance on opening weekend, July 17, 2004. |
| CD
# 2 |
312 color photographs of the opening weekend taken by Caroline O'Boyle, July 2004. |
CD
| O/W
CD # 1 |
CD from Jam Productions. Proposal for opening weekend, 2004. Removed from Opening Weekend box 1, folder 3. |
| O/W
CD # 2 |
312 color photographs of the opening weekend taken by Caroline O'Boyle, July 2004. |
Artifacts
| 2006.18 |
T-shirt, Millennium Park Security, made for the opening weekend, yellow with Millennium Park logo, "Security, Millennium Park, July 16-18 2004", 2004. |
| 2006.19 |
T-shirt, Millennium Park Security, made for the opening weekend, yellow with Millennium Park logo, "Security, Millennium Park, July 16-18 2004", 2004. |
| 2006.20 |
T-shirt, Chicago Architecture Foundation, red with Chicago Architecture Foundation's logo, "Docent", on front and back, 2004. |
| 2006.21 |
Pins, circular, metal pins (3) worn by construction workers attending the Inaugural Gala, 24 July 2004. |
| 2006.22 |
Staff Passes (2) for opening weekend, laminated, "Staff All Access, July 16-18 2004", 2004. |
| 2006.23 |
Identity Badge and Lanyard, Millennium Park Host ID badge, used at opening weekend, 2004. |
| 2006.24 |
Identity Badge and Lanyard, Millennium Park Site Access ID badge, used at opening weekend, 2004. |
| 2006.25 |
Folding fans (3), promotional fans given out at the Inaugural Gala, 24 July 2004, 2004. |
| 2006.26 |
Disposable camera, 27 exposure, for volunteers to use at opening weekend, includes instructions for volunteers to turn in the used camera, 2004. |