The West Chicago Historical Society oversees the care of the Kruse House Museum. The Kruse House is a 1917 four-square home depicting the Fred Kruse family life style. The house is furnished with period furnishings and collections including china, quilts, jewelry,...

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

The Society plan is to restore part of the building as a period depot museum to be called "Hedges Station" in honor of John Hedges, first stationmaster. Other portions will be developed as a museum focusing on the Winfield area, while the basement, which is new...

Step back in time and experience what life was like on a DuPage County Farm in the 1890s. Stroll through restored farmstead structures and meet the historically-costumed interpreters operating this living-history farm using the tools and techniques of the past....

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...

Cantigny is a 500-acre (2.0 km2) park in Wheaton, Illinois, 30 miles west of Chicago. It is the former estate of Joseph Medill, and his grandson Colonel Robert R. McCormick, publishers of the Chicago Tribune, and is open to the public. Cantigny includes large formal...

The mission of the Robert R. McCormick Museum is to preserve, manage, and restore Robert R. McCormick’s Cantigny home and to tell his story through a robust program of educational services that connect his life and legacy to the modern world.

Situated on five acres and dotted with ponds, this nationally recognized zoo offers an intimate experience with a large variety of domestic farm animals and native Illinois wildlife. A stroll through the barn gives visitors an opportunity to encounter a wooly llama,...

While the First Division Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton, Illinois, is the most visible and recognizable part of what we do, it is only a portion of a much larger entity. The Cantigny First Division Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization that serves to...

The purpose of the Warrenville Historical Society is to bring together those interested in Warrenville's history, and to collect, preserve and display objects and documents that illustrate that history. The Historical Society is a self-supporting not-for-profit...