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Quilting Square Craft Kit Participate Remotely | Craft Pack Pick-Up starts June 8 | DuPage County Historical Museum Front Desk Create 4 quilting squares or sew them together to make a doll’s blanket. Kit includes material, thread, buttons, needle, lace, and ribbon. Everything you need to create beautiful quilt squares! [...]
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Create beautiful Victorian greeting cards, needle point, or a quilt square using bits of lace, material, feathers, pearls, beads, and buttons.
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Winston Churchill: The British Bulldog Saturday, August 21 | 1P | All Ages | Museum Auditorium | Free Bulldog Winston Churchill was one of the most influential people of the 20th century. From his participation in the Boer War as a military journalist, to his time as first lord of the Admiralty, [...]
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Researching Your World War II Ancestry with Jenny Warner Wednesday, September 15 | 7P | All Ages | Virtual Zoom Event | Free During the presentation, we will dive into all the different types of World War II records that are available. We will also learn where we can go to get [...]
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Songs of World War II Saturday, September 25 | 1P | All Ages | Museum Auditorium | Free During World War II, American soldiers marched off to battle, rallied their courage and reflected on life back home through songs. Americans on the home front kept their perspective and solidarity with the troops [...]
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Eleanor Roosevelt, A living history portrayal by Leslie Goddard Saturday, November 6 | 1P | All Ages | Museum Auditorium | Free Award winning actress and scholar Leslie Goddard portrays one of the most fascinating and influential public figures of the twentieth century. Born into wealth during the Gilded Age, Eleanor grew [...]
The Journey to Mollie's War: WACs and World War II Discover the romantic and frightful journeys that members of the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) took during World War II In this presentation, Cyndee Schafer traces the footsteps of her mother, Mollie Weinstein Schaffer, and her fellow WACs when they served in Europe during the [...]
Patriotic Popsicle Art of World War II Saturday, November 20 | 1-3P | All Ages | Museum Auditorium | Free Commemorate World War II with a family craft program creating popular and patriotic World War II icons out of popsicle sticks. Soldiers, Uncle Sam, flags and more represent this trying and [...]
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Night of Dance, Day of Infamy Tuesday, December 7 | 7P | All Ages | Museum Auditorium | Free Join storyteller Terry Lynch as Navy Chief Radioman Edward Campbell, eyewitness to the attack on Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor. Edward’s bittersweet stories relive the events and the aftermath of what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt [...]
The HO Gauge Model Train is operated by the DuPage Society of Model Engineers on the third and fifth Saturday of each month. The model features a detailed layout that covers 2,000 feet of track and highlights some of DuPage County's railroads and landmarks in a landscape that blends fact and fantasy.
Enjoy an evening of your favorite casino games, a raffle, and silent auctions at this casino-themed event. All proceeds benefit the DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation.