This Award-Winning Documentary follows five Native American Tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies as they restore their traditional land management practices. As the climate crisis escalates these time-tested practices of North America's original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.
Tour beautiful Downtown Wheaton, learning of its rich history and exquisite architecture. Tour is roughly 1.5 miles long and takes around 1.5 hours. Dress for the weather.
Tour beautiful Downtown Wheaton, learning of its rich history and exquisite architecture. Tour is roughly 1.5 miles long and takes around 1.5 hours. Dress for the weather.
Since the 1950s, the name Duncan Hines has been synonymous with boxed cake mix. But who was Duncan Hines? And how did he influence American food history? Join the Culinary Historians of Northern Illinois and the Museum to find out these answers...
Create beautiful Victorian greeting cards, needlepoint, or quilt squares using bits of lace, material, feathers, pearls, beads, and buttons.
Join us for an exclusive preview of The Mother Road & Iconic DuPage Firsts before it opens to the public.
Celebrate America 250! Create an American flag artwork while learning about various national flags since the birth of the nation. Register to reserve a spot in this free family drop-in event.
Generations of Chicagoans trekked to stores like Marshall Field’s; Carson, Pirie, Scott; Sears; Wieboldt’s; Montgomery Ward’s; and Goldblatt’s for holiday shopping, celebrations, and enjoyment. In this fun, nostalgic illustrated lecture, based on her 2022 book, historian and author Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., revisits Chicago’s fabulous retail emporiums and explores their rise and fall.
The name evokes images of gas stations, mom-and-pop motels, quirky attractions, and adventure on the open road.
The “Mothers” of America aren’t often mentioned – the women whose influence on the early years of the United States reverberated for centuries afterwards. While many of us remember reading something about Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, there are so many more women to admire...
Terry Lynch of HFK Presents leads us on a tour of previous milestones like the 50th Jubilee, Centennial, Sesquicentennial, and Bicentennial and how they were commemorated as the United States celebrates its 250th birthday!
Celebrate National Model Railroad Month by stopping in to see the 60-year-old model train on the lower level of the Museum. Take part in a train-themed scavenger hunt throughout the Museum. In the auditorium, there will be train crafts. Register now for this free drop-by family event.