Museums
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Tickets for 'The Office Experience' in Chicago will go on sale FridayAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - "The Office Experience" is setting up shop in Chicago. The 17-room interactive exhibit features props and costumes from the celebrated NBC-TV sitcom "The Office." Fans c...
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Lombard's Victorian Cottage Museum gets exemptions to expandAug 25, 2021 5:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that the Victorian Cottage Museum in Lombard plans to build a 2,000 square-foot addition to its Carriage House....
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Goodrich Farm's animals ready to welcome visitors at Pioneer Day Sept. 26Aug 18, 2021 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Historical Society's Pioneer Day, previously called Tavern Day, celebrates the town's early settlers. On Sunday, Sept. 26, between 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., stop ...
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UH-1 'Huey' helicopter returns to Cantigny in SeptemberAug 17, 2021 11:00 pm - The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park plans to exhibit its UH-1 helicopter, an iconic symbol of the Vietnam War, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 1. The prized macro-arti...
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Museum presentation relives family's dinner with Sitting BullAug 15, 2021 11:00 pm - Trickster Gallery presentation looks at immigrant family's experience
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Date With History explores 'Road to Victory During the Persian Gulf War' Aug. 5Aug 01, 2021 11:00 pm - On Thursday, Aug. 5, learn about the museum exhibit, "This Will Not Stand: The U.S. Army's Road to Victory During the Persian Gulf War," during the next virtual "Date Wi...
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'Ship of Gold' bell and recovered treasure to go on display at World's Fair of Money in RosemontJul 28, 2021 11:00 pm - The 268-pound bell from the fabled "Ship of Gold," the SS Central America that sank in 1857 while carrying tons of California Gold Rush-era treasure, will be displayed p...
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Elmhurst Artists' Guild hosted a Fiesta opening receptionJul 27, 2021 11:00 pm - The Elmhurst Artists Guild enjoyed a fiesta of the opening reception for "Engaging Frida" on July 16 at the Elmhurst Art Museum. Forty-five local artists were juried in...
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Antique tools tell a story at Garfield Farm Museum show, sale Aug. 1Jul 26, 2021 11:00 pm - On Sunday, Aug. 1, members of the Early American Industries Association and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association will host their annual Antique Tool Show and Sale a...
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Cantigny Summer Concert to feature June's Got Cash July 25Jul 20, 2021 11:00 pm - June's Got the Cash will perform at the Cantigny Summer Concert from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at the park, 1S151 Winfield Road in Wheaton. Tickets are not needed for...