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2024
all-day A Century of Education: Crystal... @ Colonel Palmer House
A Century of Education: Crystal... @ Colonel Palmer House
all-day
A Century of Education:  Crystal Lake Community High School @ Colonel Palmer House
What we know today as Crystal Lake Central High School is 100 years old!  This exhibit covers the history of the building, student life, sports, arts, and much more.  The Senior Class of 1924 is … Continued
all-day Our Miss Knox Exhibit @ Colonel Palmer House
Our Miss Knox Exhibit @ Colonel Palmer House
all-day
Our Miss Knox Exhibit @ Colonel Palmer House
Florence Knox was an elementary school teacher in Crystal Lake for more than fifty years.  Beginning her career in rural one-room schoolhouses, then transitioning to School District 47, Miss Knox taught fourth grade to hundreds … Continued

Past Events

Current Exhibits

When:
July 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022 all-day
2022-07-01T00:00:00-05:00
2022-09-01T00:00:00-05:00
Where:
Colonel Palmer House
660 E Terra Cotta Ave
Crystal Lake
IL
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Ann Viger
18153828204

Picture This!

Colonel Palmer House

Exhibit features professional and amateur Crystal Lake photographers and photo studios spanning nearly 100 years from the late 1800s through the 1990s.  You will recognize many of these photographers and their body of work.  Watch a “moving picture” in the replica El Tovar Theatre and check out a collection of mid-century cameras on display.  Exhibit ends August 31!