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Merry and Bright: A Victorian Christmas

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

Get in the holiday spirit here at the Downers Grove Museum! We invite you and your whole family to learn about Victorian Christmas traditions, tour the holiday decorated Victorian Blodgett House and visit with Santa. Stroll the park on a luminary walk, view holiday trees decorated by the community and warm up around a campfire...

Free

Blodgett House Boo Fest

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

Trick-or-treat at the Downers Grove Museum! Visit the Victorian Blodgett House decorated for Halloween and complete a holiday-themed scavenger hunt and play some spooky-themed Halloween games.   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Halloween Events.

Free

American Girl Doll Halloween Party – FULL

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

Celebrate Halloween with your American Girl Doll at the Downers Grove Museum! Learn about the celebration’s traditions, and create a Halloween related craft.   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Halloween Events.

$20 – $30

Country in the Park

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

Spend a spring day at Country in the Park – part of the annual Downers Grove Founders Day celebration sponsored by The Grove Foundation. Families will visit with farm animals, play 1850’s pioneer-era games, and more! 

Free

Event Series Spring Break Handicrafts

Spring Break Handicrafts

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

REGISTER IN ADVANCE Stop by the Downers Grove Museum during your Spring Break to test your skills at some of history’s most fun activities, crafts and games! Learn to make butter the old-fashioned way and about Blodgett's thriving dairy farm. As flowers are beginning to bloom, learn to make a tissue paper bouquet to brighten...

$8 – $12
Event Series Spring Break Handicrafts

Spring Break Handicrafts

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

REGISTER IN ADVANCE Stop by the Downers Grove Museum during your Spring Break to test your skills at some of history’s most fun activities, crafts and games! Learn to make butter the old-fashioned way and about Blodgett's thriving dairy farm. As flowers are beginning to bloom, learn to make a tissue paper bouquet to brighten...

$8 – $12
Event Series Spring Break Handicrafts

Spring Break Handicrafts

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

REGISTER IN ADVANCE Stop by the Downers Grove Museum during your Spring Break to test your skills at some of history’s most fun activities, crafts and games! Learn to make butter the old-fashioned way and about Blodgett's thriving dairy farm. As flowers are beginning to bloom, learn to make a tissue paper bouquet to brighten...

$8 – $12

Tree to Table: Maple Syrup

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL, United States

Come to the Downers Grove Museum to discover how maple syrup gets made! Learn how one of nature's tastiest treats goes from a tree to your kitchen table. From tree biology and identification, to the rich regional history behind early syrup production, join us for a sweet journey into all things maple! Program will be...

$14

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