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Latest Past Events

History Camp Session I

We are excited for History Camp 2023! The Mount Prospect Historical Society is offering two unique sessions of History Camp. Each session runs Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and features a history themed day camp experience for children ages 6 (By April 1, 2023) to 11. Each day a different aspect of […]

$100

Second Sundays at the Society

Central School 103 South Maple Street, Mount Prospect

Join us on our campus for a unique opportunity to play old-fashioned games! We’ll be sharing the games children and their families played in yesteryear. The Dietrich Friedrichs House will also be open for tours. This event is FREE and registration is not necessary.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s/Little Black Dress Afternoon Tea with Leslie Goddard

Central School 103 South Maple Street, Mount Prospect

Versatile, dependable, and affordable, the Little Black Dress, or “LBD”, has become the fashion equivalent of a Model T Ford. This illustrated lecture explores the history of this fashion icon. Learn how Chanel helped dissociated black from mourning, how Audrey Hepburn helped establish the LBD; and how it has been reinvented by everyone from Betty […]

$15