The Dundee Township Historical Museum will open for the new season at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13.
There is no planned program but the new exhibitions are a program in themselves.
Guides will be on hand to explain Dundee’s Windows to the World to visitors.
A third floor window of the recently demolished Alfred Edwards House, which was located on the High Street in West Dundee, reveals the story of a wealthy businessman, an early settler who arrived in 1837 and helped build a thriving community.
A second window of the Illinois Iron and Bolt Company, which was located in Carpentersville, inspires the story of a company that began as a simple blacksmith shop to become a world-famous industrial complex under the leadership of Julius Angelo Carpenter .
The third showcase on display comes from the mythical Château Louise. What events this window would have witnessed.
Learn the history of a place that was popular, not just for locals in Dundee, but welcomed visitors from all over.
The historical society encourages anyone who has worked or visited the “Château” to come to the museum on Sundays, or any other day during regular hours, to share their memories of this iconic gathering place.
The Dundee Opera House exhibition is repeated for those unable to visit during the COVID shutdown. This is the story of a venue, built in 1893, which served as an entertainment center with vaudevillian shows to a cinema to a number of other businesses before it was lost to us following a fire .
A number of small exhibits are self-explanatory.
The museum is located at 426 Highland Ave. in West Dundee with regular hours on Sunday and Wednesday from 2pm to 4pm.
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The Dundee Township Historical Museum invites the community to stop by the museum and check out new exhibits.
– Courtesy of Dundee Township Historical Society
The research library is accessible on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment.
For more information, contact the museum at (847) 428-6996 or email dths@sbcglobal.net. To visit dundeetownshiphistorical.org.
