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Norwood Park Historical Society Museum Exhibits
The Museum includes static, growing and changing exhibits. It may also include short-term or traveling exhibits. Current exhibits include:
Exhibit Room
One--Margaret’s
Room
Margaret
Crippen was married in a ceremony and reception held on the front
lawn of the Noble-Seymour-Crippen
House in 1927.
This exhibit, housed in
a period-decorated bedroom, includes photographs of Margaret’s
wedding to Harvey Howard, excerpts from her journal while
a student at Northwestern
University and other personal and period items.
Exhibit Room
Two--Norwood Park History
This room contains
photographs, maps and objects that tell the story of Norwood Park’s
growth from a pioneer farming settlement to an independent 19th
Century railroad suburb to a city neighborhood. While many items
contained
in this exhibit remain on permanent display, changing stories
are told through the addition of new or infrequently seen items
from the NPHS
archives.
Exhibit Room Three--Temporary Exhibit Under Construction
Exhibit Room Four--Can
You Dig It? and New Items
Can You Dig It? is an exhibit that is very popular with children. It is
an extensive collection of artifacts dug up from beneath the lawns of the
Noble-Seymour-Crippen House. These include coins, toys, animal bones and
other treasures. In addition, this room contains recent additions to the
NPHS archives.
Voices of Norwood Park
As has been the procedure for many years, the Voices of Norwood Park exhibit
along with all our other exhibits were removed in mid-November to make
room for Victoria's Craft Boutique and the Holly Daze Cafe. The items that
were loaned to us will be returned in the very immediate future. The NPHS
would like to thank all those who participated in the creation of the Voices
of Norwood Park. The exhibit was made possible by a great team of interviewers,
transcribers, videographers and, most importantly, the interviewees who
shared their memories and artifacts. Thank you all!
The biggest lesson learned was that the task of collecting memories is a
large one. It has been determined that this endeavor must be an ogoing one.
To that end, we will be working to establish additional rounds of interviews.
If you would like to participate, as an interviewer or interview subject,
give us a call or e-mail
us. The more the merrier!
Voices of Norwood Park was made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois
Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the umanities, and the Illinois
General Assembly. The project was also supported by a "JumpStart the
Conversation" grant, part of an Aging in Place Initiative by Partners
for Livable Communites and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
with funding provided by the MetLife Foundation.
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