The American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibit is now open! Visit our main lobby and explore the full display, featuring interactive digital kiosks, display panels, compelling storytelling, and unique artifacts connecting audiences with the...
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Adults, Personal Enrichment Mar 27, 2025
Ever wonder where your great-great-grandparents came from? Or maybe you’re on a mission to prove you’ve got a distant royal connection? No matter your reason for digging into your family tree, genealogy research can be exciting—and expensive. But...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 7, 2024
Veterans Day, celebrated annually on November 11th in the United States, is more than just a day off work or school—it’s a moment to express gratitude and respect for the men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. It’s a time when...
Adults, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Oct 10, 2024
Ah, Halloween—one of the most exciting times of the year. It’s when kids (and adults, let’s be honest) get to dress up in costumes, binge on candy, and indulge in a bit of spookiness. But while we’re all familiar with the modern-day celebrations,...
Adults, Media, News, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling, Teen, Virtual Events Mar 28, 2022
Until 1972, sexual discrimination against women in college and university studies was legal. Women could be denied educational opportunities. Patsy Mink, Edith Green, Birch Bayh, Ted Stevens, and Richard Nixon changed that. Congresswomen Green and...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Houses-BrochureDownload North County Houses Almon Parke House | 1884 - Located on Route 23 between Sycamore and Genoa, north of Lloyd Road. Parke was a Captain in the Civil War, and a brick and stone mason. His son...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Opera-Houses-1Download DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Opera-Houses-2Download Even small towns like Kirkland, Malta and Sandwich were known in the late 1800’s to contain a building, usually downtown, known as an Opera...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Things-about-NIU-tourDownload Altgeld Hall’s Cornerstone Laying | While the actual ground breaking for what is now Altgleld Hall at NIU ad taken place on September 17. 1895, the laying of the building’s cornerstone did...
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