MUSEUM EVENTS
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.
Join us for a special evening cruise aboard the historic St. Charles paddlewheel boats as we celebrate their 75th anniversary!
Throughout the course of its history, businesses have been at the center of the St. Charles community. The stories of these businesses have been ingrained in the culture of St. Charles. Join us as we celebrate the legacy of local business and the impact they have had on our community.
Enjoy drinks and appetizers and mix and mingle with your fellow Museum members, staff, and board members with an exclusive first look of our spring & summer temporary exhibit, Booming Business in the Beauty Spot of the Fox Valley.
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: The Boys School of St. Charles will explore the history of the local reformatory school and the impact it had on the boys sent there.
The Lombard Historical Society and Tim Frakes Productions Inc. present a new documentary on the life of Lombard, Illinois’ Sheldon Peck, a 19th century primitive portrait artist, radical abolitionist, conductor on the underground railroad and advocate of progressive temperance and public education.
Largely forgotten and unknown in the century and a half after his death in 1868, Sheldon Peck and his legacy are only recently receiving belated appreciation and recognition of his talent, passion, courage, activism and accomplishments. Sheldon Peck, Portrait of an Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times, tells the story of a family man who did the “right thing” when confronting the horrors of slavery and whose personal choices honored his sense of moral obligation to his fellow man; a story that will resonate with today’s viewers. Sheldon Peck embraced the important issues of his day in the time of manifest destiny, and was not afraid to speak out or actively pursue justice.
Join us for this special screening and celebration of the local legacy of Sheldon Peck and our local abolitionist figures as part of our Spring 2019 temporary exhibit: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Actions: St. Charles and the Underground Railroad.
Source: Lombard Historical Society Press Release
Please join us for this fascinating and FREE program for members and $5 for non members. Refreshments will be served.
As seated in limited registration is required, please fill out the form below or call 630.584.6967.
*Special tours may be scheduled ahead of time for any day of the week, including Monday
Your City. Your History. Your Sense of Community.
The Museum welcomes participation in all activities by individuals with disabilities and special needs by working cooperatively with the Fox Valley Special Recreation Association. The Museum is committed to inclusion by providing public programs in the most integrated setting, providing to the maximum extent feasible for interaction between people with and without disabilities.If you or a household member has a special need or request for reasonable accommodation in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, please contact us at least one week in advance of an activity, program, or visit date. For more details, call 630-584-6967.