Wheaton, Illinois

Bartlett, Illinois

Art, History, Historical Society

Wheaton, Illinois

History

Bloomingdale, Illinois

Art

The Bloomingdale Park District Museum is Bloomingdale's oldest building and home to five to seven exhibits and 1,000+ visitors per year.

Carol Stream, Illinois

History, Historical Society

Danvers, Illinois

History, Historical Society

Wheaton, Illinois

History, Historic House, Historical Society

The DuPage County Historical Society was founded in 1929 by a group of DuPage County residents with a common interest in the history of the County. Their goal was to preserve and disseminate the County’s history.

Wheaton, Illinois

History, Library, Military, Specialized

The First Division Museum presents the history of the famed 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, "The Big Red One," within the broader context of modern American military history using contemporary, interactive exhibits. The main exhibit hall covers the division's history beginning in World War I up through its fight in the Gulf War. Visitors can explore a WWI trench and trench barracks while the sounds of exploding shells and diving planes are heard overhead, sit in a landing craft for the invasion of Normandy, WWII, then move out onto Omaha Beach as it looked the day after D-Day, 1944, or walk through the jungles of Vietnam and see a three-screen, panoramic presentation of the Division's Vietnam history.

Carol Stream, Illinois

History

Wheaton, Illinois

Historic House

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

History

West Chicago, Illinois

Art, Culture, General, History, Library

The West Chicago City Museum is a dynamic history and art center that inspires and involves the community through research, programs and exhibits.

Wheaton, Illinois

Bloomingdale, Illinois

Culture, History, Historical Society

Bloomingdale is one of the earliest villages settled in what is now DuPage County. The Meacham family settled here in 1833, and by the end of the following year, 12-15 families had settled in the locality. The community was served by the Chicago-Galena Highway, modern day Lake Street. It became an important stop for stage coaches and westward travelers. Originally a Cook County settlement, it was annexed by DuPage in 1839, and incorporated as a village later that year. The northern part of the village wanted to develop commercially while the southern part wished to remain a farming community. In 1922, the village split to accommodate this—the northern portion of the town was incorporated as Roselle. Source: Wikipedia

Wheaton, Illinois

Arboretum, Art, Botanical Garden, Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library, Military

Located in Wheaton, Ill., this sprawling, 500-acre park is where families wander through nature, get lost in history, play golf at an award-winning course, attend a big band concert, tag monarch butterflies, make a snow globe, take classes, introduce children to the age-old custom of afternoon tea, attend a wide variety of special programs and events --in short, spend quality time together.

In addition to vast formal gardens and picnic and camping grounds, Cantigny offers two history-rich museums: the Robert R. McCormick Museum and the Cantigny First Division Museum, fascinating for children and researchers alike.

Wheaton, Illinois

Library

Wheaton, Illinois

Art, History

Wheaton, Illinois

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Historical Society, Nature Centers

Streamwood, Illinois

Culture, History

Roselle, Illinois

History

Streamwood, Illinois

Park

West Chicago, Illinois

Library

Winfield, Illinois

Culture, History, Historic House

Our objective is to support a living historical center to foster education and appreciation of the history of Winfield and vicinity.