MUSEUM
The Downers Grove Park District Museum
Experience your heritage at the Downers Grove Park District Museum. Take a glimpse back into a past which nostalgia has gently etched in our memories. Exercise your mind and expand your knowledge of the community around you. Through varied exhibitions and programs, you’ll discover your Museum and the history of your village.
Phone: Fax:
Location: Wandschneider Park, 831 Maple Avenue Downers Grove, IL 60515 630.963.1309 630.963.0496
Email address:
cchristensen@dgparks.org Office & Research Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Public Tours: Sunday through Friday, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Free
Reading through History: Historic Book Club Join us for an evening of lively discussion. Meet the third Wednesday of each month to discuss a different historical book. Age:
18 & up
Location: The Museum Date 9/15
Admission: FREE! Book
10/20 11/17 12/15
Day: W Time:
7:00 - 8:30 pm
A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement, 1870-1920 by Michael McGerr.
American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century by Christine Stansell
Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt’s America by Eric Rauchway
New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America by Nathan Miller
Brown Bag Lunch Series
Preserving History’s Future!
Group Tours: Monday through Friday, by appointment only Admission:
Contact the Museum at 630.963.1309 for more information or to book special programs.
Teacher’s Professional Development Workshops The Downers Grove Park District Museum is an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) approved professional provider. Teachers earn CPDUs for participating in these workshops. Workshops are specially designed and cover methods, information and resources available for use in the classroom. Activities provided meet state curriculum standards. Workshops may be customized upon request. Gather a group of teachers together and reserve your workshop today!
Program Ideas & Instructors Wanted! Do you have an idea for a new program or family event? Do you have a special talent that you would like to share with others? Are you willing to lead an existing program? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, please call the Museum at your earliest opportunity.
Museum Outreach Programs Let the Museum bring history to you! Learn about genealogy, preserving family heirlooms and the Museum profession. Programs can be tailored to your group’s interest and age level and includes a hands-on component.
Scout & Youth Group Programs The Museum offers a variety of hands-on, educational programs for scouts and other youth groups. Sharpen your thinking skills and explore your community’s past with an interactive group activity. Topics include maps of Downers Grove, historic architecture, cemetery walks and Victorian manners and games. Programs can be tailored for your group’s age level and specific interests upon request. Staff will help you match your organization with an excellent program. Programs may fulfill various scout badge requirements.
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Join us each month on your lunch hour for an interesting and informational presentation by a collector. From utilitarian objects to oddities, learn about a different collection each month. Age: All Ages m/M: 5/20
$R/NR: Free Day: TU
Location: The Museum Class # Topic
220016-01 Collectible dolls 220016-02 Collectible fire trucks Heirloom Vegetable Harvest m/M: 5/25
Location: The Museum Instructor: Museum Staff Class # Date Day Time 220019-01 9/17
$R/NR F 6:00 - 7:15 pm $5/$8 The Census for Genealogists
What’s so important about a census anyways? Learn the historic importance of census records and how they apply to your research. Age: All Ages
m/M: 5/25
Location: The Museum Instructor: Museum Staff Class # Date Day Time
$R/NR 220017-01 9/23 TH 7:00 - 8:00 pm $5/$8
Volunteer Gardeners Wanted Join the Museum’s volunteer team and maintain the new heirloom vegetable garden. Help with planting, weeding, harvesting and related programs.
Upcoming Exhibits Religion in Downers Grove: A History of its Churches opens to the public with a special free reception on Sunday, September 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Churches provide an important linchpin in the foundation of a community. This exhibit explores the history of Downers Grove’s religious institutions and their relationship to the past, present and future residents of Downers Grove. This exhibit will run until January 7, 2011.
The traveling exhibit, 1968 in America, a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts, will be open to the public January 28 through May 25, 2011. The extraordinary events of that year witnessed profound change in social and political systems and confirmed to citizens of all ages that fundamental change was both possible and necessary. Look back on a tumultuous, pivotal and influential year—nationally and locally!
www.dgparks.org • 630.963.1300 new!
Date 9/7
220016-03 Wizard of Oz collectibles 11/2 220016-04 Christmas boxes
10/5 12/7
Time
12:00 - 1:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm
new!
Harvest several varieties of heirloom vegetables from the Museum’s Heritage Garden. Learn and discuss harvest and seed-saving techniques. Age: All Ages
new!
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