Museums
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Schaumburg to study potential of local history museum at current site of Trickster CenterMay 08, 2026 4:16 pm - Schaumburg officials intend to embark on a yearlong feasibility study for a local history museum occupying the village-owned building the Native American-themed Trickster Cultural Center has leased for $1 a year since 2005.
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Step back in time with Vintage Auto Fest in Glen EllynMay 07, 2026 3:42 pm - Glen Ellyn Historical Society hosts 12th annual Vintage Auto Fest on June 6, featuring antique and vintage automobiles at Stacy's Corners, People's Choice voting, and family activities.
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Tour 7 gardens at Arlington Heights Garden Club’s annual walkMay 06, 2026 11:02 am - The Arlington Heights Garden Club annual Garden Walk and Unique Boutique will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 28.
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Ho-Chunk Elder to share native perspective on Starved Rock HistoryMay 06, 2026 10:31 am - On May 17, the Lisle Heritage Society will host Ho-Chunk Nation tribal elder Gerald Savage on "Starved Rock History from a Native Perspective." Learn about local tribal history, the Starved Rock legend, CCC work at the park, the Starved Rock murders, and Native ceremonies.
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West Chicago museum hosts author’s talk on ‘Bet-A-Million Gates: The Man History Forgot’May 06, 2026 10:19 am - On May 13, the West Chicago City Museum will host author Archie L. Bentz Jr. on his book "Bet-A-Million Gates: The Man History Forgot." It chronicles the life of a West Chicago native who rose from humble farm beginnings to become one of America's wealthiest industrialists.
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Obama museum tickets on sale Wednesday, May 6May 05, 2026 2:00 pm - Timed, dated tickets for the museum at the Obama Presidential Center go on sale at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 6. The museum and the presidential center is expected to open June 19.
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Things to do May 8-14: Lombard Lilac Time, Glow Wild, Mother’s Day events and moreMay 04, 2026 9:37 am - Mark your calendar for Lombard Lilac Time, the final days of Glow Wild at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Mother’s Day events and more.
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Candy crush: Long Grove chocolate shop doubles as museum to iconic bridge’s mishapsMay 03, 2026 8:45 pm - Long Grove is well known, notorious even, for the frequency at which the town’s iconic covered bridge has been hit by vehicles too big to pass through. Now local store Broken Bridge Treats is paying tribute to that history with a minimuseum documenting the dozens of mishaps.
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Why Gilded Age tycoon will be honored with sculpture in St. CharlesMay 01, 2026 4:26 am - Former St. Charles resident Archie Bentz was behind the push to commission a sculpture to honor baron John Warne “Bet-A-Million” Gates, whose fortune was inherited by Dellora A. Norris.
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Historian and actor Terry Lynch brings to life ‘John Adams: A Lawyer in Adversity’Apr 30, 2026 12:11 am - On Saturday, May 9, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society presents historian and actor Terry Lynch as he portrays the second President of the United States, John Adams.