Articles filed under Museums
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Learn 'How Corn Changed Itself & Then Changed Everything Else' at Feb. 6 History Speaks
Jan 5, 2022 12:09 PM - Naper Settlement's "History Speaks" lecture series will continue with "How Corn Changed Itself & Then Changed Everything Else" with Cynthia Clampitt on Sunday, Feb. 6. This program, which is regularly scheduled for the second Sunday of the month, was rescheduled from its January date. -
Volo Museum exhibit pays homage to popular National Lampoon films
Dec 17, 2021 12:04 PM - Bluto Blutarsky meet Clark Griswold when the Volo Museum tips its Santa hat to a trio of National Lampoon's film faves this holiday season. -
New Year's Eve Bubble Bash returns in-person to DuPage Children's Museum
Dec 16, 2021 12:06 PM - On Friday, Dec. 31, the family can ring in the new year together at the 20th annual "Bubble Bash -- A Family-Friendly New Year's Eve" at DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. -
Pritzker Military Museum & Library launches virtual exhibit of legendary political cartoonist Bill Mauldin's work
Dec 14, 2021 5:41 PM - On Monday, Dec. 13, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library in downtown Chicago launched a virtual experience of its popular museum exhibit: "Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin and the Art of War." -
Elgin Public Museum gearing up for holidays with new director
Dec 3, 2021 6:19 AM - The Elgin Public Museum has a new director in Sharry Lynn Blazier, who has been education coordinator at the natural history and anthropology museum for the past two and a half years. She and the museum are gearing for the holidays with their annual Touching on Traditions exhibit and a Winter Solstice program. -
Aurora's Tanner House hosts holiday open house on Sundays in December
Dec 6, 2021 4:25 PM - The Tanner House Museum, decorated for the holidays, will be open for walkthrough tours on the Sundays of December. The museum has not been open since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. -
Volo Museum debuts National Lampoon Christmas exhibit
Nov 26, 2021 7:16 PM - Bluto Blutarsky, meet Clark Griswold: The Volo Museum is tipping its Santa hat to a trio of National Lampoon's film faves this holiday season, and you're invited to the festive fun. -
First Division Museum hosts two virtual programs in early December
Nov 24, 2021 12:05 PM - The First Division Museum in Wheaton will host two online programs: Date With History's "Brothers in Valor" on Dec. 2, and "A Day That Will Live in Infamy: The Attack on Pearl Harbor" on Dec. 9. -
Shop Cantigny on Museum Store Sunday Nov. 28
Nov 22, 2021 5:39 PM - Cantigny Park in Wheaton invites everyone to get a jump on holiday gift giving and support local museums and cultural institutions on Museum Store Sunday, Nov. 28. -
Lego Train Show returns Dec. 4-5 to Cantigny
Nov 20, 2021 12:07 AM - The Lego show at Cantigny Park in Wheaton has become a holiday tradition. It will return Dec. 4-5.
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