The Tying the Knot exhibit features 20 wedding gowns, dresses and ensembles that date from the 1870s all the way up to 2020. The exhibit emphasizes the tradition of the bride wearing white, which was popularized by Queen Victoria at her marriage in February of 1840. and continues to this day. Come explore this unique […]
Free lecture on Sunday, August 13, 2023, 2 p.m. at the Campbell House Museum Join Campbell House Executive Director Andy Hahn as he explores the story of Robert Campbell’s birthplace, Aughalane House. This house was set in the countryside of the Glenelly River Valley and the Sperrin Mountains near the small village of Plumbridge, Aughalane […]
Join the Campbell House Museum for a presentation titled "From Rotten Eggs to Respect." This is a new program for Towards Women's Equality Day and will feature three historical reenactors discussing women's suffrage and winning the right to vote. The reenactors will be in costume presenting three little known stories on the road to equality. […]
Join us Sunday, August 27 at 2 p.m. for a lecture titled "Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois." Historian Julie Nicolai will be giving the lecture on her new book with this same title. It is the first book on the underground railroad in Missouri and features never before published sites. People […]
