The Vegan Museum\, formerly the National V egetarian Museum\, is a nonprofit traveling exhibition focused on veganism and vegetarianism. It tours various locations around Chicago\, showcasing the history of the vegan and vegetarian movements in the U.S.
\nFou nded in 2017 by Kay Stepkin\, a former vegetarian restaurant owner and Chi cago Tribune columnist\, the museum rebranded in 2020. The name change coi ncided with the addition of an advisory council of prominent vegans\, incl uding Dr. Neal Barnard\, Anne Dinshah\, and Seth Tibbott. In 2022\, the mu seum released a free research guide to promote scholarship on the history of American vegetarianism\, a field that Stepkin notes has long been under explored.
\nThe current exhibit is called "What Does It Mean to Be V egetarian?&rdquo\; The exhibition covers factory farms\, Pythagoras\, Leon ardo da Vinci\, comedian Dick Gregory\, the history of the Chicago Vegetar ian Society\, the Pure Food Lunch Room (Chicago's first vegetarian restaur ant\, established in 1900)\, and the Vegetarian Times\, magazine.
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