Kick off Women's History Month at the Museum on Sunday, March 1st! Stop by from 1–2 p.m. 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 exhibit opening and lecture are free and all are welcome.
New Exhibit and Lecture Celebrate Pioneering Women
Collections Now Online
WHM is proud to announce the launch of our online collections database! Find Collections Online under the Research & Collections tab above, or go directly to wilmettehistory.pastperfectonline.com. For the first time, almost 20,000 of our objects, photographs, and archival collections are made easy to search or browse from anywhere.Try a Keyword Search or Advanced Search if you know what you're looking for, or simply browse from all three catalogs. You can even send a link to a friend, send us feedback or request an image. We hope you enjoy exploring our collections!
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.
