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2010 Calendar of Events

Jan 1, 2010 thru Feb. 28, 2010: Museum Closed for Exhibit Updates

The Museum will be closing for January and February so we can work on new and updated exhibits. Please plan on visiting us when we reopen in March 2010 to see what's new. Thank you for your support in 2009! For more information call 847-742-4248.

The Museum reopens to the public Wednesday, March 3, 2010, and the new exhibit grand opening will be Sunday, March 21, 2010. Thank you for your support in 2009 and we hope to see you when the Museum reopens in 2010.

March 14: General Meeting & Exhibit Grand Opening 12-4pm

April 18: General Meeting: WWII Pearl Harbor Survivor Charles May

May is Preservation Month!

May 7, 7 pm: Observatory Program at Watch Factory Observatory (Friday)

May 15: Artifact Garden at Museum: Watch Factory Bell, Cornerstone, Road Marker (Saturday)

May 20, 12 noon: Brown Bag Lunch: International Museum Day
Depression Glass Presentation

June 13: Outing/Aubrey Neville Details TBD

June 17, 1pm: Brown Bag Lunch, Columbian Exposition of 1893

June Walking Tour of Elgin: Date TBD

July 4: Fourth of July Parade

July 15: Brown Bag Lunch: Made in Elgin

August 19: Brown Bag Lunch: Mike Alft, Slide Show

August Walking Tour of Elgin - Date TBD

September 12, 1-3 pm: General Meeting
Program: Bertha Palmer

September 26, 2010, 12-5 pm: Cemetery Walk: Bluff City Cemetery

October: Elgin History Fair/Extension Date TBD

October 17: General Meeting
Program: Woody Guthrie (tentative)

November 7: Annual Brunch/Auction & General Meeting
Program: Teddy Roosevelt

December 4, 2010: Holiday Tea featuring Elgin Children’s Chorus

Museum Adventure Pass Program

The Elgin History Museum is now part of Adventure Pass, a program allowing your library card to receive free admission at 17 area attractions. For more information visit this link: http://www.museumadventure.org/index.php

 

Though every effort is made to ensure this calendar is accurate, scheduled events and programs may change due to unforeseen circumstances.