April 20, 2008 through June 29, 2008
The Purse & the Person: A Century of Women's Purses
This special traveling exhibit shows how 20th century purses' shapes, sizes and materials reflected the century's changing fashions, culture and economics.
June 13 through 28, 2008 (Friday through Saturday)
Murder Mystery Dinner
June 13 & 14, 2008 and June 27 & 28, 2008. Cost is $45 per person, which includes the mystery presentation and dinner.
June 21 & 22, 2008 (Saturday & Sunday)
1900 America: A Rockford Chautauqua
Music, drama, entertainment and history featuring the year 1900. Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows on the Midway Village Green, visits from historic headliners...
July 19 & 20, 2008 (Saturday & Sunday)
Victorian Wedding
Experience all the festivities surrounding a Victorian wedding...
August 2 & 3, 2008 (Saturday & Sunday)
Base Ball & Barbershop
Enjoy the music of barbershop quartets while the Midway Marauders host four other vintage baseball teams from all over Illinois and Wisconsin in a weekend of old fashioned family baseball fun...
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Fact #1
Midway Village & Museum Center was named a recipient of a 2007 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Leadership in History Awards for 1900 Rockford: An American Chautauqua. The AASLH Leadership in History Award is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. Midway Village & Museum Center is one of only 72 organizations nationwide to receive this award and one of two 2007 Award of Merit winners in the State of Illinois. This marks the first time that any Rockford area museum has won an AASLH Leadership in History Award.
Fact #2
On September 14, 1928 a tornado ripped through Southeast Rockford. 14 people were killed, and more than 250 people injured. Hundreds of homes were damaged, as were the Rockford Chair and Furniture Factory, Union Furniture Company, and Elco Tool Company.
Fact #3
Among Rockford's notable citizens is Janet Lynn, a figure skater who represented the United States in the Olympic Games in 1968 and 1972.
Fact #4
In 1905 Rockford was home to 16 furniture factories that alone employed over 4,000 people.
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