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Summer Programs for Young Historians

Get your young historian ready for summer programming at the Mount Prospect Historical Society!

Cost: $25 per program (fee is non-refundable)

(Are you looking for week-long History Camp? Click here!)

Life as a Prairie Kid I
Thursday, July 20, 2023
9:30-11:30 am
Ages 7+

Come explore life in the late 19th century as a prairie kid. Try old-fashioned chores and games, make a yarn kid, sample homemade lemonade, and plant vegetables.

Life as a Prairie Kid II
Thursday, July 20, 2023
1:30-3:30 pm
Ages 7+

Continue your exploration of life in the late 19th century as a prairie kid. Try your hand at old-fashioned chores and games, make a paper chain and a no bake snack, and learn sewing skills.

The Science of History!
Thursday, July 27, 2023
9:30-11:30 am
Ages 7+

This year we’ll explore weather in our popular STEAM based program: Rain sticks, weather vanes, and rain gauges. We’ll even make rain and lightning!

If You Lived During the Gold Rush
Thursday, July 27, 2023
1:30-3:30 pm
Ages 7+

Celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Gold being discovered in this fun, interactive program. Plan your route to head out west. Learn what life was like in a mining town. Pan for gold.

Registration is now closed.

Ladies’ Craft Night in Central School

Thursday, June 23, 2022
7:00 p.m.
103 S. Maple Street (Central School)
$20

Join us to make felt mini-patchwork encouragement squares using a variety of embroidery and stitching techniques. Beginners welcome. Invite a friend along for a fun night of creative crafting in Mount Prospect’s historic one-room schoolhouse. Cost is $20 per person and includes all materials and light refreshments (lemonade, water, and cookies).

Space is limited. Please register by June 17 to reserve your spot.

Registration is now closed.

Garden Tea Party and Julia Child Presentation

We are no longer taking reservations for this event. Thank you for your interest and be sure to watch for future tea events.

June 11, 2022
10:30 a.m.

Julia Child — Her Life in France
Lynn Rymarz

Join us for tea in the beautiful gardens on the campus of the Mount Prospect Historical Society. Afterwards, enjoy listening to historic interpreter Lynn Rymarz as she explores how Julia Child discovered her passion for cooking French food in her late thirties after she married Paul Child and moved to Paris in 1948. Hear Julia’s own words as she describes her love of French food and how she became determined to learn how to cook it. Follow her journey into French culture, including her visits to the local markets and into her cooking classes at the Cordon Bleu. She will share her struggles and her successes, including her own cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her television show The French Chef. She will tell you herself she never would have had any of this without meeting the love of her life, Paul Child.

Tickets are $15 per person and space is limited. To reserve your spot use the form below or call 847-392-9006. (Please note, we are closed Friday thru Monday)

In case of inclement weather, the tea portion of this even will be take home goodie bags and “Julia” will start her presentation at 11:30 a.m. in Central School.