Experience The Darker Side of Victorian Life

Where: Midway Village Museum, 6799 Guilford Road, Rockford, IL

The Evening of Illumination returns this year! Visitors will discover the mysteries of the lantern-lit village at their own pace, stopping to meet some of the more macabre characters of the late 1800s, and also learn about traditions and activities we may today think of as "odd", including...

• Pain and Poison
• Séances
• Barber on Main – Midway’s Sweeney Todd
• Tarot Card Readings
• Victorian Halloween Parlor Games
• Camp Fire Ghost Stories
• Mourning Rituals
• Picnic in the Graveyard
• Victorian Serial Killers
• The Art of Coffin Making

Purchase your tickets in advance or at the gate on the day of the event.