Event Calendar

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12:00 AM - Museum Closed
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9:00 AM - Autumn Drive
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28 Sep
September 28, 2025    
All Day
29 Sep
September 29, 2025    
12:00 am
05 Oct
October 5, 2025    
All Day
06 Oct
October 6, 2025    
12:00 am
12 Oct
October 12, 2025    
All Day
Fall Festival Apple Bake-Off
October 12, 2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
We’re doing it again—this time with apples! Introducing the Apple Bake-Off—where the sweetest, flakiest, most mouthwatering apple creations go head-to-head. Got the ultimate apple pie, [...]
13 Oct
October 13, 2025    
12:00 am
Autumn Drive
October 17, 2025 - October 19, 2025    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
For information feel free to contact Patrick McDonald at 815-923-1260 or [email protected]
19 Oct
October 19, 2025    
All Day
20 Oct
October 20, 2025    
12:00 am
Murder and Mayhem
October 24, 2025    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Register HERE.
26 Oct
October 26, 2025    
All Day
27 Oct
October 27, 2025    
12:00 am
Events on September 28, 2025
Events on September 29, 2025
29 Sep
29 Sep 25
Events on October 5, 2025
Events on October 6, 2025
06 Oct
6 Oct 25
Events on October 12, 2025
Fall Festival (Free)
12 Oct 25
Union
Events on October 13, 2025
13 Oct
13 Oct 25
Events on October 17, 2025
Autumn Drive
17 Oct 25
Events on October 19, 2025
Events on October 20, 2025
20 Oct
20 Oct 25
Events on October 24, 2025
Murder and Mayhem
24 Oct 25
Union
Events on October 26, 2025
Events on October 27, 2025
27 Oct
27 Oct 25

Upcoming Featured Events

Members of the Historical Society: You’re invited to "bring a friend—free" of charge to any program with (BFF) next to its title. We look forward to seeing you and a friend soon!

Virtual - Dancing in the Fields: Empowering Agricultural Women Across the Globe

Virtual - Dancing in the Fields: Empowering Agricultural Women Across the Globe

January 16, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Grab your lunch and join local ethnobotany enthusiast Sarah Taylor of the Crystal Lake Park District’s, Col. Palmer House as she honors the women that [...]
Wet Felted Bowls

Wet Felted Bowls

Create a 6" decorative felt bowl using wet felting techniques, bubble wrap, pantyhose and a balloon! Choose from interesting design elements to incorporate into your [...]
Black Baseball

Black Baseball

Beginning in 1920 with the formation of the Negro National League, Black entrepreneurs led by Andrew “Rube” Foster developed Negro League baseball into one of [...]

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