A popular Chicago museum that shuttered in 2023 after more than 40 years is officially reopening in a new way with two major exhibits that date back decades.

The Chicago Museum of Broadcast Communications will open its doors this fall in a new pop-up location, the release said, with exhibits honoring the “King of Late Night” Johnny Carson, a release said, along with a separate section depicting “The Evolution of Late Night Television.”

According to the release, the pop-up museum will be located at 440 W. Randolph St. near Millennium Park. It will open to the public Oct. 24, a day after what would have been Carson’s 100th birthday.

“Johnny Carson was more than a host—he was a national institution whose humor and curiosity united Americans for three decades,” David Plier, chairman, presid

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