The Museum is temporarily closed as a precaution to reduce the risk of contagion and protect our community from COVID-19. Please explore our website to read about local history, do the kid's activities, or use the links for other research. If you have a question, an idea or would like to talk to the staff about any other matter, please email us or leave us a phone message, and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We look forward to opening our doors and seeing you again in person soon! Stay well!
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Virtual Lecture - The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago Before the Fire
On Sunday, March 21st from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. CST, the Wilmette Historical Museum will host a virtual lecture via Zoom with historian Ann Durkin Keating. Her talk will describe the early history of Chicago as experienced through the eyes of Juliette Kinzie and as preserved in Kinzie’s writings as well as in other historical sources. The lecture, based on Ms. Keating’s book The World of Juliette Kinzie, will provide an insight into the city’s growth from Kinzie’s earliest visit in 1831 to her death just a year before the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The lecture is free to the public thanks to the generous support of museum members and donors. Advance reservations by March 19th are required and can be made here.
