Celebrating Local History
May is Preservation Month
Events
📆 Tuesday, May 23 ⏰ 7:00pm - 8:30pm
📍 Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC
Curious about the Elgin History Museum's famous fall event, the Cemetary Walk? Learn about its history, how you can attend or volunteer, and view the 2022 video.
📆 Wednesday, May 24 ⏰ 6:30pm - 7:30pm
📍 Main Library - Elgin Room
Architectural historian Rebecca Hunter and Heritage Commission Chairman John Marston present the preservation movement from the first house tour in 1982 to the 2022 Mid-west area architectural survey.
📆 Wednesday, May 24 ⏰ 6:30pm - 7:30pm
📍 Main Library - Rakow
A Elgin Historical Museum volunteer will present a collection of hat styles through the decades, blended with interesting tidbits of Elgin history.
📆 Tuesday, June 6 ⏰ 7:00pm - 8:00pm
📍 Main Library - Elgin Room
Elgin historian Bill Briska and Museum Educator Rebecca Miller will take you back in time to an earlier Elgin where everyone walked to work, had lunch at noon, and enjoyed the same payday.