Visitors can Discover Mayslake

Visitors can take a self-guided tour of the Mayslake mansion and enjoy live music and theater, art projects, photography hikes, archery and fishing on Saturday, July 23, during Discover Mayslake.

The annual event will run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook. It's sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

The free, all-ages open house spotlights programs and events offered throughout the year at the 87-acre estate, which includes its 1920s Tudor Revival-style Mayslake Hall, a national historic landmark.

Throughout the day, visitors can enjoy live music from Picosa and Acappellago, regular performers at Mayslake, and mini-performances by First Folio, Mayslake's resident theater company and the premier nonprofit professional theater in the Western suburbs.

They also can see demonstrations by Music Together, a music and movement program for newborns to kindergartners offered at the estate throughout the year.

Visitors can take in the beauty of Mayslake with photo walks led by photography professionals who teach at Mayslake or on garden walks led by volunteers who care for the estate's heritage garden.

They can join district naturalists on guided nature hikes and at activity stations featuring bugs and letterboxing (a type of outdoor treasure hunt), or try their hands at archery and fishing with district rangers.

A complete schedule of events is available at dupageforest.org/Discover_Mayslake_2016.