Flagg Township
Museum
Events
Calendar of Events
January 2019
Add to the Rochelle 2018 Time Capsule - it's not too late!
January 19: Snow Day
January 26: Annual Meeting & Lunch
February 2019
"Love Makes the World Go Round" Exhibition in the Cabinet of Curiosities
March 2019
Calendar of Events: March through August
"Taking a Different Path - The Works of Bill Cultra" Exhibition in the Cabinet of Curiosities through April 2019
March 25-28: Chautauqua - Roads Well Traveled by a different speaker each night
March 31: Champagne brunch
May 2019
May 4: A Look Inside the Iron Fountain
May 4: Cinco de Mayo activities led by Angel Cruz
May 10: Then & Now Walking Tour led by Terry Dickow around the downtown area
May 19: St. Patrick's Cemetery Walk
June 2019
June 1: The Whitcomb Locomotive Turntable Dedication at the Ken Wise Rochelle Railroad Park
June 7: Cutting the Square - you know...the "square" you drove around town to see all your friends...Hub City Cruiser cars at 2 locations too!
June 14: Then & Now Walking Tour led by Tom McDermott to some of Rochelle's Hot Spots - fire stories!
Annual Events
The Flagg Township Museum hosts a variety of special events each year, below are descriptions and photos of a few of the events that have been held at the museum.
The museum holds a Chautauqua program in March or April each year with a different topic each of the four nights. Recent programs included Whitcomb Locomotives, vintage baseball, grist mills, Del Monte in Rochelle, heirloom plants, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Watch our website and Facebook page to see what topics we will have in our next series.
Pal Colwill’s program on Del Monte in Rochelle
Railroad Days
Railroad Days in Rochelle are held the first weekend in June.
Many people come to Rochelle Railroad Park to view over 80 trains each day at the only railroad diamond in the State of Illinois.
In conjunction with their events, the museum invites visitors to view our railroad exhibits that include a railroad switch, blueprints of Whitcomb Locomotives and a bench from the Rochelle Chicago and Northwestern passenger station.
Railroad Exhibit
Cajun Cuisine
2015
Heritage Festival Ice Cream Social
Mardi Gras
2017
Heritage Festival float
Music Scene
2018
Heritage Festival float
Thank you to everyone who attended our first Champagne Brunch!
Thanks to all our donors and volunteers too!
Spooky Flashlight Tour
Cajun Cuisine
Henry Henzie was a member of the honor guard for President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train
Spooky Flashlight Tour was held in October for many years and featured stories of real people from the history of Rochelle.
Mardi Gras
The Driscoll Gang at the jail
Music Scene
Spooky Flashlight Tour characters 2015
Mardi Gras
Come to help decorate the museum the Saturday after Thanksgiving
Santa and Mrs. Clause
visit the Museum the first Friday of December
Cajun Cuisine
Santa with a young visitor
Mardi Gras
Santa and Mrs. Clause with the elves
Music Scene
Peter Espe presenting programs on old postcards from Rochelle in 2015 & 2016
Cajun Cuisine
Audience at Peter Espe’s postcard program
Mardi Gras
Incredible Bats program at the dedication of the museum bat house
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