Oct 12 Harvest Fest Events | Programs 10/12/2024 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday, October 12 HARVEST FEST Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 2-5... Learn More
Oct 14 Indigenous Peoples' Day Seed Collection Event Events 10/14/2024 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Monday, October 14 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY SEED COLLECTION EVENT Museum of the Grand Prairie, Buffalo... Learn More
Oct 19 Eerie Illinois Family, All ages Events | Programs 10/19/2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday, October 19 EERIE ILLINOIS (Family, All Ages) Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve,... Learn More
Oct 19 Eerie Illinois Adults Only Events | Programs 10/19/2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Saturday, October 19 EERIE ILLINOIS (Adults Only) Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve,... Learn More
Oct 20 Buffalo Trace Whiskey Hike Events 10/20/2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Raise a glass to your local forest preserves! Join Watson's Shack and Rail and the Forest Preserve Friends Foundation for this... Learn More
Oct 24 Local Strength: Overcoming Polio Events | Programs 10/24/2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Join us on World Polio Day as we hear from a local survivor of the disease. Phyllis Kemnetz will be on-site at the Museum of the Grand... Learn More
Oct 26 Hoot 'N Howl: Halloween Fun at Middle Fork Events | Programs 10/26/2024 3:00 PM - 7:30 PM Harry L. Swartz Campground, Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, 3-7:30 p.m. FREE! Find many tricks and treats during this... Learn More
Oct 26 Moonlight Movie at Middle Fork: Casper (1995) Events 10/26/2024 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Harry L. Swartz Campground, Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, 7:30-9 p.m. FREE! Join us under the star-studded canopy of... Learn More
Oct 29 2024 Owl Night: An Up-Close Experience with Our Round-Eyed, Feather Friends Events | Programs 10/29/2024 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM The University of Illinois will be hosting the 2024 Owl Night at Homer Lake Forest Preserve. Students in a field-based course on... Learn More
Nov 2 Explore Archaeology Open House Events | Programs 11/2/2024 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Join museum staff, members of the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society (ECIAS), and volunteers from the Illinois State... Learn More