Guest post by Steve Ferrigan, Collections Digitizer for the Dunn Museum When the Dunn Museum staff were told to shelter in place back in Mar...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Postcard Week (in the U.S.), I wanted to feature the incredible work of real-photo postcard ...

Update: In 2016, the Curt Teich Postcard Archives was transferred to the Newberry Library of Chicago where it became one of its core collect...

One of the perks of the museum being at Lakewood Forest Preserve is that everyday I get to enjoy wildlife and the change in seasons. Today ...

The Lake County Fair opened this week in its new digs on Route 137 in rural Grayslake. The move has been controversial. However, the Fair ha...

The first full week of May each year marks National Postcard Week (in the U.S.). Early in the 20th century, postcard enthusiasts sent ...

A gravy boat produced by Pickard China of Antioch was recently donated to the museum's permanent collections. This particular food serv...