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Artifact of the Month

This Otto Wettstein pocket watch recently came to the museum from a generous donor in southern Illinois.

You never know where interesting artifacts will come from!

Thank you for remembering your museum.

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2024 is here!

and because our building - The City and Town Hall - is celebrating its 140th birthday the museum will be celebrating birthdays all year long.

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Help us celebrate by sharing any special birthdays in your family or other ideas for birthdays we can celebrate.

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In January we celebrated the 140th birthday of City Hall now home to the Flagg Township Museum.

aIn February and March we celebrated with an exhibit about Freedom of Faith, Places of Worship in Rochelle.

April brings us to National Poetry Month!

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Birthdays will be celebrated all year and will include Rochelle banks, schools, and people. If you have information or artifacts or stories about any of these topics give us a call (815 562-3040), email (hubhistory@gmail.com), or come visit (open Thursday through Sunday from 11 to 4)!

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A snapshot of the April exhibit in our Cabinet of Curiosities...Happy 28th Birthday, National Poetry Month.

Special thanks to Lisa Russell for her recent donation and loan of artifacts from her personal collection of poetry by Jewel Russell and Danny Russell.