Create your own Victorian-style crafts. Children around the world have created and played with paper dolls for more than 1,000 years, be part of the tradition.
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
Using a simple cardboard loom, learn to weave beautiful objects. Create a doll blanket, potholder or other small project at this drop by event.
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
U.S. Army Major (Ret.) Steve Fixler will explain how the U.S. Army in Europe deterred the Warsaw Pact from any aggression and how we patrolled the West German – East German/Czechoslovakia border and the Wall in West Berlin, West Germany.
Celebrate the opening of a Cabinet of Curiosities with this family craft workshop! Try the centuries old curiosity of scrimshaw by carving into candles.
Discover how international passports can unlock hidden chapters of your family’s history in The Wide World of Passports with Debra Dudek! Look beyond passports issued by the United States government.
Todd Hunt, a nostalgic humorist and Lucille Ball historian, takes you back to the golden age of television, using slides, audio and video clips, to reveal how this classic show was created. Discover how it grew out of Lucy’s radio program, “My Favorite Husband.”
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
On July 20, 1969, man first landed on the moon. Hear astronaut Neil Armstrong, played by Terry Lynch of History Presents, recount the lead up to the first moon landing, as well as the other “series of firsts” associated with that historic mission including the first color TV transmission from Earth and the first time a customs report was filled out from another planet!
Join us at Memorial Park for fall beer, hard seltzer and hard cider sampling, live entertainment, food and fun. Enjoy an autumn day at the park with good drinks, music and friends!
Approximately 11,000 military women were stationed in Vietnam. In addition to military women, an unknown number of civilian women served in Vietnam as members of the International Red Cross, United Service Organization (USO), and other humanitarian organizations.
Join the History Singers as they discuss music in support of, and in opposition to, the Vietnam War. This music was heard on the radio, at protest rallies, and in Vietnam where American soldiers accessed music as their own version of protest.
Join the DuPage County Historical Society for their annual meeting and enjoy Leslie Goddard’s portrayal of how Lucille Ball captured the hearts of television audiences across the nation in the 1950s.
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
Did you know that many comic book heroes and villains were inspired by the tensions of the Cold War? Where would the comic world be without Iron Man, symbolizing the arms race, and Bruce Banner’s transformation into the Hulk because of nuclear experimentation? Stop by the Museum to create some crafts of your favorite comic book heroes, and villains too!
Food historians Bruce Kraig and Cynthia Clampitt of the Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois discuss how the Cold War changed foodways in the United States and the world.
U.S. Army Major (Ret.) Steve Fixler will interview Bill Wolff, a Vietnam War Veteran. Bill was with 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1965.
Celebrate National Model Railroad Month with the DuPage Society of Model Engineers (DPSME) at the Museum!
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
The HO Scale Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The detailed layout covers more than 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of the county’s railroads and landmarks in a landscape full of surprises.
