Museum

In honor of National Historic Preservation Month, Oswego’s Little White School Museum and the Oswegoland Heritage Association will host "Lost Oswego."

Oswego Museum Director Roger Matile and local resident Dennis Figgins will informally chat with audience members about changes the community has undergone, and is still undergoing.

The animatronic rock band Rock-afire Explosion that once graced the stages of ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese locations will have a new home at the Volo Museum this summer.

At these fun, all-ages attractions, learn about pre-colonial life in the Starved Rock region, the legendary first Lincoln-Douglas debate, the digging of the expansive I&M Canal and the crucial role the region played in the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.

The Little White School Museum in Oswego will host “Chicago: True Stories of the 1920s” at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9.

The spring break week will be bookended with opportunities to interact with costumed characters ranging from Jasmine to Ironman, and many other activities in between.

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit has announced the continuation of her annual Constituent Education Resource Card program, for residents of the 84th House District.

The exhibit explores how Batavians of the past got their food.

The Illinois Rock & Roll Museum in downtown Joliet honors, preserves and promotes the music that came out of Illinois.

The Joliet City Council scheduled to vote on $250,000 in funding support for museum on Tuesday.

The City Council is slated to vote Tuesday on whether to provide $250,000 to Joliet Area Historical Museum for 2024.

Nominees have been named for this year's induction ceremony for the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 Hall of Fame in Joliet.

The McHenry County Museum and Historical Society's new director, Wayne Duerkes, talks about need for additional space and love of northern Illinois history in the 19th century.

The Launching Pad restaurant building in Wilmington is one of the iconic stops for Route 66 tours. The Joliet Area Historical Museum might purchase the property.

Luther Johnson wants to take up the cause that originated more than three years ago when the Will County Historical Society agreed to take ownership of the Casseday House with a plan to create a museum devoted to local African American history.