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Midway Village and Museum Center : details
MuseumStuff.com | museums | Midway Village and Museum Center
Midway Village and Museum Center6799 Guilford Road Rockford, IL, 61107 815-397-9112 URL : http://www.midwayvillage.com overview : The 52,000 sq. ft. Museum Center features five exhibition galleries: the Industrial Gallery, highlighting Rockford's major industries; the Aviation Gallery, permanent home of the 1928 Greater Rockford Aircraft; the Swedish Singers Gallery; the Local History Gallery, which includes the Rockford Peaches exhibit; and our new climate-controlled gallery which features various traveling exhibitions. collections : Picturesque Midway Village features twenty-four historic structures including a hardware store, general store, print shop, blacksmith shop, one-room schoolhouse, general store, hotel, fire station, police station, hospital, bank,carpenter shop .. The Old Dolls' House Museum houses a collection of antique and handcrafted doll houses. topics : living, history, 19th, century, American |