Friends of the West Chicago City Museum

09/04/2026

We hope to see you on Saturday, September 12th for The Kruse House Museum's Annual Ice Cream Social! This event supports our historic home and programming throughout the year and is always a wonderful afternoon!🍦😁

09/04/2026

Looking to join a book club this summer? Join the West Chicago City Museum book club in reading "The History Behind, the extraordinary history behind ordinary objects" by Emily Prokop and join us on September 17th as we have an informal discussion and share some light refreshments. We hope to see you there!📖

08/19/2026

We are so happy to see restoration work begin on our National Landmark building 🙌🏽

Over the next few weeks we will be sharing the story of our historic building and its importance in West Chicago city history. It is truly a perfect home for our community’s legacy and this work will ensure it protects and displays that history far into the future 🌟

If you've been through downtown recently, you've likely noticed scaffolding outside the West Chicago City Museum at 132 Main Street. Those preparations mark the beginning of a major restoration and renovation project that will preserve one of the community's most significant historic landmarks for f...

08/19/2026

Happy First Day of School to West Chicago Elementary School District 33! We hope all of the students, teachers, staff, and parents have a wonderful year! 🥰🎒📚

This picture is the 3rd Grade at Indian Knoll School 1970 school year. Do you recognize any familiar smiles? 😃

08/13/2026

Due to weather the Mosaic Market in downtown West Chicago is canceled. The Museum will close at 4pm today and reopen tomorrow for our regular hours 10am-2pm.

We look forward to seeing you next Thursday at the next Mosaic Market!

Tonight's Mosaic Market and Car Show have been canceled. The final Mosaic Market of the season will celebrate Arts Night on Thursday, August 20, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The evening will feature live entertainment from ZAZZ the Jazz Ensemble, delicious food, family activities, shopping, and opportunit...

08/12/2026

Happy First Day of School to West Chicago Community High School! This images is of the High School Orchestra in 1932, donated to the City Museum by the Pedraza family. Julia Pedraza, pictured far right played the violin in the orchestra.

We hope all the high school students have a wonderful first day and wonderful year!

08/07/2026

Did you get your August apple charm last night at the Mosaic Market? If not, stop in to the City Museum anytime this month and do our Back to School History Scavenger Hunt to earn the latest Charm of History! Free to participate:) Open to all!

08/01/2026

Last Saturday was a wonderful day to celebrate our railroad history and bring some beautiful train inspired art out in to our community! This is such an exciting project for West Chicago!

07/30/2026

Charms of History are back!🎉
Our next charm will be out next week on August 6th for West Chicago's Mosaic Market, Europe Night. In celebration of the upcoming school year starting we will be having a back to school charm. Our upcoming charms are here as well and we can't wait for the next events!😁