Join us on February 23rd at 2 p.m. for the screening of a new documentary film on the extraordinary life and legacy of visionary Chicago architect and Wilmette resident Benjamin Marshall. Marshall was responsible for some of the city’s most iconic hotels and addresses. His work includes the Blackstone Hotel, South Shore Community Center, Drake Hotel, and most of East Lake Shore Drive, to name a few. Jane Lepauw, co-founder and president of the Benjamin Marshall Society, will introduce the film and lead a conversation after the screening. The program is free for Museum members and $5 for non-members. You can watch a preview here.
Film: Benjamin H. Marshall, Architect
New Exhibit and Lecture Celebrate Pioneering Women
Kick off Women's History Month at the Museum on Sunday, March 1st. Stop by from 1–2 p.m. for a free reception and to explore the new exhibit “Wilmette Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling” which highlights some of Wilmette’s most accomplished residents, women who rose to prominence in their chosen fields. The exhibit opening will be followed at 2 p.m. by a conversation with Lori Osborne, director of the Evanston Women’s History Project and the Frances Willard House Museum, on “Illinois Women and the Fight for the Vote.” Her talk marks 100 years since the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment. The lecture is free for Museum members and $5 for non-members.
Current Exhibit - Wilmette in Photographs: 1850-1950
Don't miss our latest Main Gallery exhibit which explores a century of photographs of Wilmette people and places. Antique cameras, glass photographic plates, tintypes, stereo cards, and other unusual artifacts from the Museum’s collection join dozens of rarely seen photos in the main gallery to illustrate how developments in camera technology, and the emergence of fads like the “real photo postcard” craze, resulted in a treasure trove of images that have forever captured the look of everyday life in one small Midwestern town.
