Butter ’em up: Glen Ellyn museum gets new room for pioneer provisions
The executive board of the Glen Ellyn Historical Society approved the establishment of a buttery in the back area of Stacy’s Tavern Museum.
Pioneer homes used buttery rooms for a place to store milk provisions, butter, and kitchen utensils.
Carpenter and Glen Ellyn Historical Society member Roger Olson studied the construction of buttery areas in pioneer homes and created the one at Stacy’s Museum.
It is now open to the public after a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 7.
For information, visit www.glenellynhistory.org or www.facebook.com/glenellynhistory/.
Located at 557 Geneva Road, the museum is open for docent-led tours by appointment only from Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours must be scheduled in advance, and are approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour long.
Admission is $5. $3 for ages 6 to 17, and children 5 and under are free.
You can pay admission with cash at the museum when you arrive for a tour, or pay with a credit card at the gift shop at 800 N. Main St.