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History Center Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
Добавлен 9 дек 2014
We connect & inspire by exhibiting, preserving and celebrating history.
Our programs, exhibits and education initiatives provide audiences with an understanding of how communities develop, change and grow and help further develop one's sense of self, place and community.
We serve the Lake County area, with a focus on Lake Forest and Lake Bluff community history, offering more than 20 lectures and public programs a year, and several rotational exhibits. With a robust collection dating back to the 1840s, the History Center handles research requests each year from people looking for information about Lake County events, architecture, businesses, institutions and people.
For more information on programming and upcoming events, visit our main website with the link below.
Our programs, exhibits and education initiatives provide audiences with an understanding of how communities develop, change and grow and help further develop one's sense of self, place and community.
We serve the Lake County area, with a focus on Lake Forest and Lake Bluff community history, offering more than 20 lectures and public programs a year, and several rotational exhibits. With a robust collection dating back to the 1840s, the History Center handles research requests each year from people looking for information about Lake County events, architecture, businesses, institutions and people.
For more information on programming and upcoming events, visit our main website with the link below.
Megafauna of the Midwest
This is a co-sponsored program in collaboration with Kenosha Public Museums and the History Center
During the Ice Age, North America was a very different place, and roaming across the upper Midwest was a bit more than just your random woolly mammoth. As the Earth warmed and glaciers receded, some of these animals could cope but many others couldn’t, leading to our most recent mass extinction.
In this presentation, local educator Nick Wiersum discusses some of the amazing creatures that we, until very recently, shared our region with. Nick also explains some of the most significant discoveries that have been found in our area, including the discovery of the Schaefer mammoth, which work to sh...
During the Ice Age, North America was a very different place, and roaming across the upper Midwest was a bit more than just your random woolly mammoth. As the Earth warmed and glaciers receded, some of these animals could cope but many others couldn’t, leading to our most recent mass extinction.
In this presentation, local educator Nick Wiersum discusses some of the amazing creatures that we, until very recently, shared our region with. Nick also explains some of the most significant discoveries that have been found in our area, including the discovery of the Schaefer mammoth, which work to sh...
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Health, Equity, and Nature: A Changing Climate in Lake County, IL
Просмотров 10День назад
This is a co-sponsored program in collaboration with the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods and the History Center We welcome the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods’ Jessica Rodriguez and Eddie Flores for a presentation on the organization’s “Health, Equity, and Nature” report. This report is a tool for community members, organizations, and decision-makers to implement equitable, nature-based pol...
2024 Centennial Family Awards: The Brebner Family
Просмотров 35День назад
The 2024 Centennial Family Awards honor the Brebner Family, who have resided in our community for over 100 years and impacted Lake Forest and Lake Bluff in countless ways. The program features a fascinating and fun presentation of family history, including anecdotes and photographs shared with the History Center by Brebner family members. Thank you to David Forlow, who has generously sponsored ...
The Magic of Bird Migration: Chicago's Not-So-Hidden Spectacle
Просмотров 29День назад
This is a co-sponsored program in collaboration with the Lake/Cook Chapter of Illinois Audubon Society and the History Center Chicago is located on the Mississippi Flyway, one of four major bird migration routes in the country. Millions of birds representing 280 species migrate through our area in the spring to their northern breeding grounds and in autumn to the south for the winter seasons. S...
Native Landscaping for Climate Change
Просмотров 18521 день назад
This is a co-sponsored program in collaboration with Lake Forest Open Lands and the History Center In this presentation, featuring guest speaker Hillary Peters, we are proud to host Lake Forest Open Lands for a discussion on how incorporating native plants into your landscaping benefits the environment, combats climate change, and improves stormwater management around your home. Discover practi...
Cranes: Ambassadors for Wetlands, Grasslands, and Goodwill
Просмотров 902 месяца назад
This is a co-sponsored program in collaboration with International Crane Foundation and the History Center The International Crane Foundation works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend. From their nearly 300-acre headquarters in Barbaroo, WI (and with 125 staff and associate members spread across offices in China, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, S...
Samuel Insull and Lake County
Просмотров 1103 месяца назад
As the “Henry Ford of Electricity” who created an electric power system that made the benefits of electricity available to the masses, Samuel Insull became one of the wealthiest people in America. He eventually controlled electric and gas utilities in 35 states, including Commonwealth Edison and the gas companies serving Chicago and northern Illinois. A resident of Chicago, he built a weekend r...
The Story of the North Shore Ravines
Просмотров 1843 месяца назад
Our local ravines offer a magical window into the past. Before Europeans arrived, the Lake Michigan coastal zone boasted one of Lake County’s most diverse ecosystems. This diversity stemmed from the distinctive landforms such as moraines, ravines, bluffs, and beaches, sculpted by glacial activity and the retreat of Lake Chicago, which was much larger than the current Lake Michigan. Densely wood...
Climate Resilient Restoration: A Demonstration Project at Grant Woods Forest Preserve
Просмотров 424 месяца назад
Every year the advances in climate change science increase our understanding not only of the consequences to our world, but to the nature that surrounds us. Efforts to proactively react include managing our natural areas in Lake County to increase their resilience. The Lake County Forest Preserve District undertakes this work using evidence-based management and tests new approaches to seed sour...
Secret North Shore-Chicago: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Просмотров 725 месяцев назад
Driving north from Chicago takes you to the area known as the North Shore, a string of remarkable, distinctive suburban areas bound together by location and history. While most the area is known for its tree-lined streets, large single-family homes and quaint downtowns, hidden along the way are unusual sights, spots, and stories that will make you think, “Wow, I had no idea that was here!” We’r...
Intent to Destroy: Anti-Blackness and Violence in the Modern Era
Просмотров 975 месяцев назад
In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress (a congregation of civil rights organizations) developed and delivered a petition to the United Nations entitled “We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief From a Crime of The United States Government Against the Negro People.” Nearly a century after the US Civil War ended and amendments promised the citizenship rights for newl...
Uncovering the Underground Railroad: Visualizing History through Mapping
Просмотров 1117 месяцев назад
In 1893, Wilbur Seibert, a history professor at The Ohio State University, published a book containing maps that depicted the first systematized vision of the routes enslaved people used to escape across the Ohio River and into the free North and Canada. Seibert spent decades of his career interviewing Black men and women who fled slavery through Ohio and recorded accounts of the "agents" nearl...
2023 Local Legends Honoring Don Pierson
Просмотров 1328 месяцев назад
Each year, the History Center presents a new Local Legend, honoring someone who has contributed significantly to our community and the world. This year we are proud to celebrate Don Pierson, Hall of Fame Football Writer, as our 2023 award recipient, marking our fourteenth Local Legend. Don will be interviewed by local author and journalist David Sweet. The setting is an intimate interview that ...
Crusade to Heal America: The Remarkable Life of Mary Lasker
Просмотров 1249 месяцев назад
“I am opposed to cancer and heart attacks the way I am opposed to sin.” With that as her battlecry, a petite, well-coiffed socialite forever changed American medical research. In Crusade to Heal America, Judith L. Pearson shares the never-before-told story of Mary Lasker, a woman who was savvy, steely, and deliberate, with the goal of eliminating human suffering. While scientists looked at dise...
38 Miles North and South from Chicago: African American History in Lake Forest and Joliet
Просмотров 1349 месяцев назад
In this presentation, the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff has partnered with Lewis University to showcase two distinct community experiences in African American communities, situated 38 miles north and 38 miles south of Chicago’s center, through a new museum exhibition called "38 Miles North and South from Chicago." Both communities began in the mid-1800s and were served by strong, sel...
The Indigenous History and Evolution of Lacrosse
Просмотров 649 месяцев назад
The Indigenous History and Evolution of Lacrosse
The Defender: How Chicago's Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America
Просмотров 18610 месяцев назад
The Defender: How Chicago's Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America
Reflections From a Young Public Historian
Просмотров 28Год назад
Reflections From a Young Public Historian
Integrating From the Top Down Black Trustees and Faculty at Lake Forest College
Просмотров 126Год назад
Integrating From the Top Down Black Trustees and Faculty at Lake Forest College
The 2023 Centennial Family Awards: The Casselberry Family
Просмотров 334Год назад
The 2023 Centennial Family Awards: The Casselberry Family
Native Voices | Indigenous Connections to the Land: Indian Burial Grounds & New Discoveries
Просмотров 83Год назад
Native Voices | Indigenous Connections to the Land: Indian Burial Grounds & New Discoveries
On Fine Miniatures: A Conversation with William Robertson
Просмотров 374Год назад
On Fine Miniatures: A Conversation with William Robertson
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Просмотров 665Год назад
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Narcissa, Thanks for the Inspiration with Robert Off
Просмотров 351Год назад
Narcissa, Thanks for the Inspiration with Robert Off
Native Voices | Indigenous Connections to the Land: Chicagoland Archaeology & Native American Past
Просмотров 133Год назад
Native Voices | Indigenous Connections to the Land: Chicagoland Archaeology & Native American Past
Miniatures at Attention featuring the Military Miniature Society of Illinois
Просмотров 82Год назад
Miniatures at Attention featuring the Military Miniature Society of Illinois
Native Voices | Indigenous Connections to the Land: Indian Trail Marker Trees
Просмотров 292Год назад
Native Voices | Indigenous Connections to the Land: Indian Trail Marker Trees
Narcissa Thorne and Chicago in Miniature
Просмотров 414Год назад
Narcissa Thorne and Chicago in Miniature