Hilltop Cemetery Tour with Bill Briska
Hilltop Cemetery 875 Sports Way, Elgin, IL, United StatesTucked into the Elgin Sports Complex is the burying ground for the old Elgin State Hospital. Join us to learn more about the Elgin State Hospital and why this cemetery is located here. It is the final resting place for 974 individuals for whom other burial arrangements could not be made. Elgin historian Bill Briska […]
Brown Bag Lunch: Laura Davidson Sears Art Gallery at the Elgin Academy – 100 Years with Ann Chipman
Learn about the historical and cultural significance of this beautiful and important building to celebrate its 100th anniversary. In person event / FREE for Members / $5 for guests Please register:
From Pulp to Precision: Layering in Paper — Art Exhibition by Steve Kroiss
Nancy Kimball Cobblestone House 302 W. Chicago, Elgin, IL, United StatesElgin artist Steve Kroiss creates paper sculptures with a strong architectural influence. Each piece is designed layer by layer, then cut and assembled accordingly. Nancy Kimball Cobblestone House, 302 W. Chicago St. On view from May 17 - August 15, 2024.
Museum Quiz Crawl
Four great Elgin institutions will be open simultaneously, to visit in any order you like! The participants are Elgin Public Museum of Natural History & Anthropology, Elgin History Museum, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 Museum, and the U-46 Planetarium. More details to come!
Brown Bag Lunch: A Day in the Life of a Watch Factory Worker with Bill Briska and Rebecca Miller
Elgin History Museum 360 Park St, Elgin, IL, United StatesElgin historian Bill Briska and Museum Educator Rebecca Miller will take you back in time to an earlier Elgin where everyone walked to work, had lunch at noon, and enjoyed the same payday. Register What was it like to work at the Elgin National Watch Company in Elgin? Factory life was very regimented and manufacturing […]