A new exhibit and free tours give visitors a new and interesting overview of Du Page County’s present and rich history at Lisle Station Park.
The traveling exhibition, “A Fabric of Past and Present,” provided by the Du Page County Historical Museum, gives a glimpse into the diversity that has transformed Du Page’s numerous principalities from rural, agricultural communities to modern cities and villages. The exhibit, located in the main gallery at the Lisle Depot Museum, will run through June 6.
In addition, Lisle Station Park, a complex of historic buildings, is now taking reservations for guided group tours. The park consists of three significant structures from Illinois’ past: the Lisle Depot Museum, an 1874 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train station with period rooms and modern museum displays on a wide variety of subjects; the Netzley/Yender House, an 1850s farmhouse currently being transformed into a living history museum of the pre-Civil War period; and Beaubien Tavern, an 1830s structure not yet open to the public due to renovation work.
The Lisle Depot Museum is at 919 Burlington Ave., near the Burlington train station, in Lisle. It is open from noon to 5 p.m. daily; admission is free. The free tours, which last approximately one hour, may be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Reservations are now being accepted for March through August. Call 708-968-2747.
