[RESCHEDULED] A great experience for you and your children! Parents attend free!

$5/child

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[RESCHEDULED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER]

Victory Gardens were an essential way for civilians to get involved in the war efforts of both World Wars. Not only did the gardens promote patriotism, but they allowed people to grow and stockpile their own food, and for more to be rationed for use as needed throughout the wars.

The U.S. Government promoted Victory Gardens and provided information about how to organize garden plots for maximum growth and yields. Their guidelines are still an extremely effective way to organize your garden plots, even to this day!

Join us as we plant our Victory Garden display outside the museum. You’ll learn all about the history of Victory Gardens, and how you can start your own today!

Kids will have the opportunity to make their own potted plant to take home.

Mr. Reid discusses the construction of paintings and how to tell their age. The American folk painters and academic ones, collecting paintings, and the care and conservation of paintings. It is important to educate the public regarding art to counteract the negative effects of reality TV. Over 80 pictures to share. They will be the subject of discussion from 50 years of studying oil paintings.

More details to follow.

The Spring exhibit will be Collection processing. Interpretive signs will explain the collection process and we will also be hosting an educational program called “Adopt an Artifact”, which will pair nicely with this exhibit.

Exhibit will continue through April 2022.

Last minute shoppers take heart! The Museum Curious Fox Gift Shop will be open late Thursday, December 2nd and Thursday, December 16th for all your gift giving needs.

We would like to thank your members by giving them an opportunity to shop late in St. Charles. The Museum will be open Thursdays in November to help with holiday shopping.

November 4th, 11th, and 18th, the Curious Fox will be open until 8 pm. Come take advantage of the “Pride of the Fox” merchandise as well as our specialty books, memorabilia gifts, and décor. All make great gifts for you or someone you know.

Join us a the St. Charles History Museum and learn more about the Anti-Slavery movement and the Underground Railroad.

Illinoisans played prominent roles in antislavery movements preceding the Civil War. Understanding the wide range of motivations that might lie behind any given individual’s opposition to slavery – commitment to human rights, belief in racial equality, economic considerations, and religious convictions – is important to understanding the escalation to war. Angel explores the role that the Underground Railroad played in the lives of Freedom Seekers and includes information about several significant slavery and antislavery sites in Illinois, including sundown towns. Her presentation will demonstrate the complexity of responses to the idea of slavery in the early days of statehood and link it to the impact of human trafficking in present day Illinois.

Jeanne Schultz Angel’s work on the antislavery movement has continued since she wrote an award-winning graduate thesis on the topic in 2005. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Lombard Historical Society, where she managed the Sheldon Peck Homestead, listed on the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Angel has extensive experience in museum management, including work as Executive Director of the Illinois Association of Museums. She is currently Executive Director of the Nineteenth Century Club and Charitable Association in Oak Park, Illinois.

Registration is required as space is limited. Members are free and non-members are $5 per person.

Please fill out the form below or call 630.584.6967 to register.