Museums
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Best Bets: 'Troll Hunt' continues at Morton ArboretumJul 16, 2020 8:40 am - Trolls outdoors Danish artist Thomas Dambo's “Troll Hunt” outdoor art installation continues through 2021 at the recently reopened Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route ...
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'It's a piece of history': Volo museum won't remove General Lee displayJul 06, 2020 5:52 pm - The General Lee is staying put. That's the message from the director of the Volo Auto Museum, home to the last surviving 1969 Dodge Charger from the first season of the ...
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City, suburban museums cautiously reopen with Phase 4 guidelinesJul 01, 2020 6:42 am - Some Chicago and suburban museums are slowly and cautiously welcoming back guests as part of the state's Phase 4 of Restore Illinois. But caution is the operative word....
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'This is like normal': Suburbs move into Phase 4 of reopening planJun 30, 2020 8:29 am - Restaurants began serving customers indoors. Museums and movie theaters started reopening with limited occupancy. People could visit zoos, work out at gyms and gather in...
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Mount Prospect Historical Society shows off items from Victorian eraJun 16, 2020 7:14 am - We recently asked the Mount Prospect Historical Society staff to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would most like to share with ...
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Ease back into traveling with a Midwest getawayJun 21, 2020 7:36 am - Sick of self-isolating? Cheer up, regional travel destinations are beginning to open during the COVID-19 pandemic so you can start thinking ahead to a Midwest road trip....
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Summer 2020: What suburban attractions have reopened - or will soonJun 25, 2020 7:38 am - Confused about what's reopening this summer and what's not? You're not alone. In fact, you need a scorecard to keep track of which local attractions are now welcoming vi...
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Five memorable items at the Dunn Museum in LibertyvilleJun 02, 2020 6:20 am - Because the public can't visit the Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville due to the state's stay-at-home order, I asked its curators to share a few memorable and favori...
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Raupp Museum in Buffalo Grove shares three of its cherished artifactsMay 14, 2020 6:27 am - Raupp Museum in Buffalo Grove shares three of its cherished artifacts
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Lake County museum, libraries building living history collections of COVID-19 pandemicMay 15, 2020 6:28 am - Documenting the COVID-19 experience was first mentioned in a staff meeting of the Dunn Museum of Lake County in mid-March, before stay-at-home orders upended daily life....