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Come to the Downers Grove Museum to learn all about heirloom plant varieties and historic farming practices! Try historic herbs and winter greens. Take a turn at using both pre-historic as well as pioneer-style farming equipment and reenact fun springtime traditions to help the season's first plantings. Program will be held indoors and outdoors, so […]
The Belmont Golf Club has been selected as the Downers Grove Historical Society's Historic Site of the Year. Every year the Downers Grove Historical Society recognizes a significant building or site which has been important to the history of our village as part of our Historic Sites Program. These locations help paint a picture of […]
Join the Downers Grove Park District and Downers Grove Museum for a celebration of the acceptance of the 1846 Israel and Avis Blodgett’s House into the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom!, National Park Service program, that coordinates preservation and education efforts nationwide associated with the Underground Railroad. We’ll learn more about the Network to […]
Come to the Downers Grove Museum to learn about heirloom plant varieties and historic farming practices! Try historic herbs and winter greens. Take a turn at using both pre-historic as well as pioneer-type farming equipment and reenact fun springtime traditions to help the season's first plantings. Program will be held indoors and outdoors, so please […]
This exhibit runs from Summer 2024 through Spring 2025.
The Downers Grove Museum will be holding a free Zoom lecture on Wednesday Feb 13, 2025 at 11am to help residents learn how to research their Downers Grove home. Attendees can use this information to just get an appreciation of their home, help jumpstart the process of Landmarking their homes, or applying for a honorary […]
Interested in doing research about your family history, your historic home, or about general local history and don't know where to start? Join the Downers Grove Museum at the Downers Grove Public Library to learn how to get started! Learn more >
