Terms and conditions

Digital materials you submit must be wholly original and created by you.

You retain ownership and copyright of your digital materials. By submitting copies of your digital materials to the Chicago History Museum, you warrant that you are the sole copyright owner and have obtained permission from all subjects to share the digital materials with CHM. You permit the museum to preserve, reproduce, and distribute your work. This permission includes the right to modify and/or reformat your material to conform to museum standards, and to make your submission publicly available in all media formats (including the Museum's social media, SoundCloud, and YouTube accounts) and to permit others to do so as well.

For information about the museum’s policies regarding access to digital content, please see its Take Down Policy.

The Chicago History Museum is under no obligation to use or publish your contribution.

Contributed digital materials must conform to the following criteria:

1. Content documents Chicago-area personal, business, or organizational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. File size of contributed content does not exceed 250MB.
3. The information or metadata submitted is deemed to be accurate; the Museum is not responsible for vetting this information.
4. Submissions do not infringe any existing copyright.