Main Museum Center Exhibits Open at Midway Village Museum

Museum Is Open Wednesday through Sunday. 

10 am to 4 pm

Visit Midway Village Museum and learn about Rockford’s history by viewing the permanent exhibits in the Main Museum Center. 

Inside the Museum Center visitors engage and explore history through interactive exhibits in the more than 20,000 square feet of gallery spaces. Nestled among each permanent gallery are continually changing temporary displays. There are always new and exciting things for visitors to see in our galleries.

Cost

$7 Adult

$5 Child (ages 3 – 17)

Museum Members are Free

Permanent Exhibits include:

Many Faces, One Community: This exhibit features stories of Rockford’s immigrants from 1834 to the present. Arrive through the train depot, stroll along 7th and South Main Streets, visit an immigrant home, and apply for a job at the Swedish furniture factory.

Queen City of the Prairies: Only 20 years after its founding Rockford became an important regional center of government, industry, and commerce. Learn more about life in 1840s Rockford.

The Girls of Summer: Meet the Rockford Peaches and learn about these ladies who played hardball in the 1940s-50s. 

The Missing Link: Socks, Monkeys and Rockford’s Industrial Past: Monkey around with red heel socks and view the Nelson knitting machines. Find the sock monkey that helped win Rockford the title of “Home of the Sock Monkey.”

Flight Gallery: Learn about local aviators like Bessica Raiche, and see Col. Bert Hassell’s 1928 SMI Stinson-Detroiter Airplane.

Industrial Gallery: Rockford’s industrial geniuses created innovative products that impacted the local and worldwide economy.

For tickets to view the exhibits, go to www.midwayvillage.com or call 815-397-9112.