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Annual Tea With Your Doll! Sold Out

Join us for our annual Tea with your Doll! This year our tea takes place in the 1920's, a decade filled with roaring music and glamorous fashion! Come learn how life was changing for families in the roaring twenties while enjoying twenties style hor d'oeuvres and tea. Each girl will go home with a goodie

Storytime with Santa

Bring the kids for a fun evening with Santa. Cocoa and cookies will be served as Santa reads classic and new Christmas stories. There will be opportunities for pictures with Santa as well. Each child will receive a souvenir cocoa mug and Christmas treats. Story Time starts at 6:30 and will end between 7:30 and

Victorian Ornament Presentation

Victorian Ornament Presentation Date:  Friday, December 8th Time: 7:00 - 8:30 Location: La Grange Area Historical Society 444 S. La Grange Rd. Returning to the Vial House Museum this year is the Victorian Christmas tree adorned with ornaments hand made by La Grange resident Carol Norling.  On December 8th discover the wonder and detail of

Holiday Open House

  Please join us on Sunday, December 3rd from 12:00 - 4:00 for some old fashioned festivities during our Holiday Open House. The Vial House will be beautifully decorated with our vintage holiday collection.  Jolly Ole St. Nick will be on hand for visits and photos with children, and live music will fill the house

Spooky Storytime! Register Now!

Join us this October for Spooky Storytime! This new event was created by our Tea with Your Doll coordinator, Becca Rymsza, and it's sure to be tons of fun for the little ones!  Come participate in interactive spooky and silly Halloween stories, play games, have snacks, and learn about how Halloween has been celebrated throughout history!

Register Now for Halloween Events!

New Events Coming in October! Hauntings of La Grange  Join us at the LaGrange Area Historical Society’s Vial House (circa 1874) for an evening of haunting, disquieting, and out of the ordinary tales that are embedded in the La Grange area’s past.  When:  Friday night, October 20th Friday night, October 27th Reception at 7:00 Lights out

New Events Coming in October!

Hauntings of La Grange  Join us at the LaGrange Area Historical Society’s Vial House (circa 1874) for an evening of haunting, disquieting, and out of the ordinary tales that are embedded in the La Grange area’s past.  When: Friday night, October 27th Reception at 7:00 Lights out and Chilling Tales at 7:30 Escape at 8:30 Bring

West End Walking Tour – New Wine Tasting Option Available!

The La Grange Area Historical Society is pleased to announce the return of the West End walking tour with John Burns on September 9th and 10th.  The tour will focus on La Grange’s west end and will provide tour goers with some surprising tales of the village near Stone Avenue Station. New this year, we are

Blind Pig Social August 1st at 1416

The La Grange Area Historical Society has teamed up with fourteensixteen restaurant for the “Cooler in La Grange” promotion sponsored by the LGBA. Our cooler is painted with a Blind Pig theme, and we invite you to come to fourteensixteen on August 1st to celebrate with us!  Members are encouraged to bring their friends and

La Grange Park Celebrates Milestone Anniversary

In conjunction with La Grange Park's 125th Anniversary Celebration the La Grange Area Historical Society will be highlighting the history of La Grange Park during museum hours on Saturday, July 15th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.   There will be a special viewing of a video about the founding of La Grange Park throughout museum