The Western Illinois Museum kicks off the summer with its annual Ice Cream Tasting Festival. With the $7.00 ticket, guests can sample twelve flavors of ice cream and celebrate the season. The event will be hosted by The Old Dairy located at 210 South Lafayette Street on Saturday, June 20th, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. … Read More »Ice Cream Tasting Festival
The Western Illinois Museum is planning a new annual program, Liquid History: A Pub Crawl, an engaging walking tour of three historic buildings on Macomb’s Courthouse Square. The guided tour explores the region’s history at the turn of the twentieth century. Guests encounter re-enactors who will make the Gilded Age and Progressive era in Macomb… Read More »Liquid History: Pub Crawl
It's an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social Saturday, June 17, 2017 2:00 to 4:00 pm The Western Illinois Museum celebrates summer with an old fashioned ice cream social on Saturday, June 17, 2017, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. With the $7.00 ticket guests can enjoy specialty sundaes just like the ones served at soda fountains… Read More »Ice Cream Social
Left to right: Gil Belles, Lowell Lueck, and Marla Vizdal Join us for an old-fashioned ice cream social that would make Gil Belles proud! To honor one of the museum's founders, we'll be serving specialty sundaes just like the ones served at soda fountains of yesteryear on Saturday, June 16, 2018, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.… Read More »Ice Cream Social
The Western Illinois Museum and Monk River Bicycle join together to take history on the road with a Bicycle Rally and Ice Cream Social. Grab your bicycle, or put on your walking shoes for the first rally where clues will guide participants from one site to the next. Teams of three to five people can… Read More »Bicycle Rally + Ice Cream Social
Stop by and check out the museum’s Garage Sale with Jeff Holtz. We have A LOT of vinyl records that have been donated over the years and we’re selling ‘em! Don’t worry, we will keep a selection of records for the museum’s collection. All proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase archive materials… Read More »Vinyl Sale