Founded in 1851 in Evanston, Illinois (a Chicago suburb), Northwestern University ranks among the top universities in the United States. Therefore, unsurprisingly, it has its own museum on campus. Mary and Leigh Block founded the Block Museum of Art in 1980 with the goal of educating both students and the public about art. Although most…
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Frances Willard House Museum and Archives
On August 26, 2020, it will be 100 years since the Nineteenth Amendment was adopted into the U.S. Constitution. The Nineteenth Amendment granted women throughout the United States the right to vote. Prior to that, some states permitted women the right to vote (the state of Wyoming as early as 1869), but once the U.S….
Toby Jug Museum
People collect unusual things. Some people collect coins, some stamps, and some antique cars. In Evanston, Illinois, there was a man named Stephen Mullins who collected a more unique item: Toby Jugs. A Toby Jug was a British creation from the mid-eighteenth century of an old man (mysteriously named Toby) embodying a jug. Eventually, jugs…
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