Events
All Dates and Times Subject to Change.
March
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Portraits Exhibit / Museum Opens
Newell Bryant Museum
APRIL
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Exploring Avanti Foods
2:00 p.m. at The Rock in Walnut, Illinois
A collaboration with the Walnut Historical Society
May
Saturday, May 3, 2025
ISHS Presenter – Kristan H. McKinsey
1:30 p.m. at the Prairie Arts Center
Exploring Local History Through the Lives of Women Artists
June
July
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Celebrating the 170th Bureau County Fair
2:00 p.m. Prairie Arts Center with Speaker Kathy Bauer
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Last Day of Portrait Exhibit / NB Museum Closes
Until September 4th for re-staging
August
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Bucky Halker “Down in the Mine: American Coal Miners & Their Songs, 1890-1960”
2:00 p.m. at a Location TBD
August 20-24, 2025
Visit the History Center Booth at the Bureau County Fair!
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Business After Hours
Sash Stalter Museum
September
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Henry Immke Exhibit Opens
Newell Bryant Museum
Saturday, September 27, 2025
K. Hamilton-Smith / Postcards Presentation
2:00 p.m. at Prairie Arts Center
October
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Dearly Departed, Voices of the Matson
Bureau County Metro Center
November
Thursday, November 13, 2025
2025 Annual Meeting
5:30-8:00 p.m. at the Bureau County Metro Center
November 13-16, 2025
Peter Cook
Multiple Locations, in partnership with the LaSalle County Historical Society
December
Saturday, December 13, 2025