Raupp Museum

Raupp Museum The Raupp Museum showcases the history of Buffalo Grove through its collection of local artifacts.

Photo Friday: This photo was taken in the early 1970s of the Raupp farmhouse, where the Museum currently sits. The hom...
05/15/2026

Photo Friday: This photo was taken in the early 1970s of the Raupp farmhouse, where the Museum currently sits. The home was supposed to become the Museum, but had just had a fire that ruined the structure.

It's a generational thing: That's a pocket watch. No batteries, no charger, you make it run by winding it up every nigh...
05/12/2026

It's a generational thing: That's a pocket watch. No batteries, no charger, you make it run by winding it up every night.

One Question, Four Photos: Do you remember your summers based on the uniform you were wearing?
05/11/2026

One Question, Four Photos: Do you remember your summers based on the uniform you were wearing?

Photo Friday: Baseball has been a favorite pastime in Buffalo Grove for many years. Below are the Buffalo Grove Tigers ...
05/08/2026

Photo Friday: Baseball has been a favorite pastime in Buffalo Grove for many years. Below are the Buffalo Grove Tigers in the summer of 1967.

Archive Sneak Peek: In this journal, Alois John Raupp kept track of all his financial records. Shown below are the tax r...
05/06/2026

Archive Sneak Peek: In this journal, Alois John Raupp kept track of all his financial records. Shown below are the tax records from 1937-1943.

It's a generational thing: Those are roller skates and a skate key. The wheels clamped on to your shoe, and the skates ...
05/05/2026

It's a generational thing: Those are roller skates and a skate key. The wheels clamped on to your shoe, and the skates could be adjusted to larger or smaller sizes with the skate key.

One Question, Two Photos: What distress call lets everyone know you have an emergency? Mayday! Mayday was adopted in 19...
05/04/2026

One Question, Two Photos: What distress call lets everyone know you have an emergency? Mayday! Mayday was adopted in 1927 to replace SOS in Morse code. It is still used as a universal distress call, especially in air traffic and shipping. What about 911? It was first used as an emergency phone number in 1968, but it did not become available in Buffalo Grove until 1981. AT&T picked 911 to be the emergency number because it had never been used as a telephone area code, so nobody could get it confused with anything else.

Photo Friday: This photo is of Arthur Spoerlein, c. 1892 . Arthur was born in 1891, the son of George and Katherine Spoe...
05/01/2026

Photo Friday: This photo is of Arthur Spoerlein, c. 1892 . Arthur was born in 1891, the son of George and Katherine Spoerlein. Arthur married Clara Nickol in 1926 at St. Mary Church in Buffalo Grove.

Archive Sneak Peek: Do you have a favorite record? Below are a few in our collection, including songs by Eric Clapton, ...
04/29/2026

Archive Sneak Peek: Do you have a favorite record? Below are a few in our collection, including songs by Eric Clapton, The Carpenters, and Robert John.

It's a generational thing: Stamps used to come in different monetary values, including one cent! That's all it took to m...
04/28/2026

It's a generational thing: Stamps used to come in different monetary values, including one cent! That's all it took to mail a postcard in 1917.

One Question, Four Photos: Were people really smaller back then? People might not have changed over the last 50 years, b...
04/27/2026

One Question, Four Photos: Were people really smaller back then? People might not have changed over the last 50 years, but clothing sizes definitely have. The measurements for these historic sewing patterns call for a 25 inch waist for a size 12. Today, that would be a size 2!

Address

901 Dunham Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL
60089

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 11am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 11am - 4:30pm
Thursday 11am - 4:30pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm

Telephone

(847) 850-2135

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