Mayor Ruben Pineda shared his pride for West Chicago’s monarch conservation efforts last week as he was interviewed for a video being produced by the DuPage Monarch Project and The Conservation Foundation. Speaking at the colorful front garden of the Kruse House where the West Chicago Garden Club installed a large artist-painted butterfly from the […]
Mayor Ruben Pineda Shares Pride for West Chicago’s Monarch Conservation Efforts for Upcoming Video
City Museum Hosts Virtual Programming this Summer
The West Chicago City Museum will continue to host virtual programs until it is safe to reopen. Joining its non-fiction monthly book club, Historiography, on Thursday, August 20, and September 17, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. is easy through the Friends of the Museum’s Zoom account and Facebook page. Book selections and information about participating in […]
Historic Perspective on the Pandemic
Today, our community faces extreme hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, this is not the first time our community has had to cope with significant impact from infectious disease. The City Museum’s records tell of those lost during the diphtheria outbreak in the 1880s. This bacterial disease was highly contagious and primarily impacted children, […]
The Gardens of Celia Kruse – Then and Now
Earlier this year, City staff stumbled on an article written by Shirley Remes, a freelance writer for the Kane County Chronicle. It was the inspiration for a featured piece on page 3 of the 2020 spring issue of Window to West Chicago. Photographs below, courtesy of the West Chicago City Museum, the West Chicago Historical […]
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