We have also created a coloring page of the Kane County Court House on South Third Street. While we are all spending more time at home, have some fun coloring this image and drop it off in the Covid-Journal Project mail box to the left of the museum’s front door.

These coloring pages will be put on display in the museum’s front windows for all to see as they are walking by.

Download the coloring page or read more about our Covid Journal Project at https://genevahistorymuseum.org/genevas-covid-19-journal-project/

Check Out These Free Zoom Backgrounds!

For those utilizing Zoom to connect with friends, family, and colleagues, the museum created Geneva-centric Zoom backgrounds.

Make it feel like you are somewhere other than home.

Download these free backgrounds at https://genevahistorymuseum.org/plan-your-visit-2/

If These Walls Could Talk

In addition, the museum has a new video series, “If These Walls Could Talk…” to share some of Geneva’s hidden stories. The first video takes viewers on a behind the scenes tour of the second floor of The Little Traveler. The series can be viewed at https://youtu.be/VnHE9-Hwklo

The Geneva History Museum hopes that everyone stays healthy and safe. We cannot wait to welcome you all back in our space soon. #GenevaStrong

Read The Kane County History Series!

• 1850-1925 Geneva — When Penmanship Was Mightier Than The Sword
• St. Charles Museum Site — From Serving Gas To Preserving History
• Elgin Puts 3,500 Priceless Photos Online
• Batavia-Inspired Miniatures Thrilled a Nation
• Aurora’s Maud Powell, World Famous Violinist
• Waxing Nostalgic on Geneva’s WGSB, WFXW
• American Doughboys of WWI — in St. Charles, IL
• Experience High-Tech History at April 21 ‘Open Elgin’ Event
• Batavia, IL — ‘Windmill Capital of The World’
• Meet Andy Aurora, Man About Town
• Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of 9-1-1 in Geneva
• Blue Goose And Evergreen Pub — ‘Shop Local’ 90 Years In The Making
• Elgin Is The Apple of Illinois Bicentennial’s Eye
• Nordens Soner And Batavia’s Swedish Society
• Aurora’s Melting Pot ‘Yearning To Breathe Free’
• Candles, Timing Devices, Phonographs And The ‘Life Cup’ — All Things Made in Geneva
• Hotel Baker, The ‘Masterpiece’ of The Fox Valley
• Elgin Celebrates Our Once-Burgeoning Dairy Business
• Reflections of Batavia’s Quarry Beach Pool
• Aurora’s Mabel O’Donnell, Author of “Alice And Jerry’ Books
• As Alice (Davis) Says, ‘Schools Out For Summer!’
• Elgin Watches, ‘The World’s Standard’
• Aurora Silverplate a Symbol of Good Taste
• Women Leaders Played Huge Roles in Geneva
• Nationally Renowned Summer Camp in St. Charles
• The Harrowing Story of William Lynch, Elgin’s Civil War Brigadier General
• Batavia Powered The Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway
• Corsets Doing Big Business in Aurora? Scandalous!
• One Block of Geneva Tells 1,001 Fantastic Stories
• St. Charles’ Evergreen Pub — The ‘Before’ Photos
• 1917-18 — When Elgin Artists Went to War
• Thomas Cleveland — Batavia’s Presidential Connection
• Do Your Wurst — Aurora Meat Markets Are ‘In’ Again
• Geneva Is The Place For Graveyards And Ghosts
• Visit Amelia Anderson At St. Charles’ North Side Cemetery
• Calling All Artists! … For a Cobblestone Reflection in Elgin
• Batavia’s 108-Year-Old Gazebo Still Lights The Way
• The Compelling, Tragic Story of Aurora’s Black WWI Hero Frank Boger
• Geneva History Museum Invites Artists To Celebrate Cultural Heritage
• Elgin’s Anson Clark Soared in The Great War … And Life
• What It Meant To Be a Patrol Boy and Louise White School
• ‘Men’s Night’ Christmas Shopping Was a 1950’s Aurora Phenomenon
• St. Charles Remembers Colson’s Christmas-Day Fire of ’33
• The Art of Elgin’s Cobblestone Reflections
• When Suffrage Met Prohibition in Batavia
• Geneva Presents The Art of The Fox River
• Blansford Astronomical Clock Is Aurora’s Treasure
• St. Charles Returns Family Heirlooms From WWII
• Museum Lands Painting By Elgin Artist Albert Kenney
• Cars Still Fixed at Historic Location in Downtown Batavia
• A Bird’s-Eye View of 19th Century Geneva
• Sheldon Peck: Kane County’s Connection To The Underground Railroad
• Elgin High School Celebrates 150 Years of ‘Education For All’
• Batavia’s Incredible Roller Skating History
• The Fabled History of Jewelry Stores in Geneva
• Astonishing Buried Treasure Discovered in Aurora Outhouse
• Lincoln Elementary School in St. Charles Celebrates 90 Years of Education
• Remembering Elgin High Grad, Renowned Composer Daniel Brewbaker, 1951 – 2017
• Meet Batavia’s Sharron Moran, LPGA Star, ‘Most Beautiful Golfer’ of 1966
• The Many Iterations of Geneva’s National Food Store
• The Burlington Zephyr — A ‘Silver Streak’ Through Aurora
• What IS That Thing in Downtown St. Charles?
• 18 Events, Limited-Edition Poster For Preservation Month in Elgin!
• Julius Amandus Anderson’s WWI Memorial Trapunto Banner
• Geneva’s Swedish Days Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary
• The Historic Drive To Save Aurora’s GAR Hall
• The Story of St. Charles’ Paddlewheel Riverboats
• Meet Elgin’s Legendary Marshal — Andrew Barclay Spurling
• Jackie DeShannon ‘Put A Little Love’ In Batavia
• Aurora’s William S. Hart, Cowboy Movie Star
• St. Charles’ First Settlers, One Lost, Found Again
• Discover The Elgin Stories All Around You
• Batavia’s WWI French Connection
• Amazing Stories Behind Geneva’s Extraordinary Parks
• Roots Aurora Seeks 2019 Nominations For Aurora Cultural Champions
• Newly Renovated Thompson Middle School Retains Memories of St. Charles High
• Elgin’s Bluff City Cemetery Memorializes City’s Past
• Batavia Connection to 1969 Moon Landing
• Geneva Company Made Huge Contribution to Art Deco
• East Vs. West 1914 — Aurora’s Greatest Football Game
• North, Union Cemeteries Are St. Charles’ Hallowed Grounds 
• Elgin Temperance Crusaders Take Hatchet To Beer Fans
• Ever Heard of Clybourneville? (Hint: It’s Now in Batavia)
• Geneva Ghost Stories Rise From Former Hospital Site
• Aurora Tells The Cows To Shut Up
• Baby Face Nelson And 100 Years of St. Charles Boys School ‘Good, Bad And Ugly’
• Behold The Telegraph, Elgin’s First Digital Communication!
• Mary Bailey, Batavia’s Trailblazing Woman Lawyer
• Holiday Traditions, Historic Creche at Geneva History Museum
• Welcome To Thanksgiving Dinner at Aurora’s Tanner House
• St. Charles’ Whiskey Bend Signaled Boom Time For Taverns
• From Elgin Watch Cases To 4.2 Mortar Shells
• Lorraine James’ Art Leaves Lasting Impression on Batavia
• Geneva Remembers The Tornado of 1967
• New Year’s Calling in Aurora
• Newly Digitized Footage Documents Construction of St. Charles Municipal Building
• ‘New Year’s Calling’ in Aurora Was The Online Dating of Late 1800s
• A Woman’s Right To Vote — In Elgin
• How The Household Journal Came To Batavia
• Geneva’s East Side — From Dodson To Dog ‘N’ Suds
• On Leap Year, ‘She-Wolves of Aurora’ Have ‘Gender-Swapping Fun’
• Mary Todd Lincoln, Batavia Resident
• The Women Who Broke Codes at Riverbank Labs in Geneva
• Turn Around in Aurora And You’ll Bump Into a Luxembourger

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