Weekly Focus: Visitors will learn about 19th-century actions and ideas that impacted the Earth and the future of the planet.
Learn about Motherhood in the 19th Century and the connection to Mother’s Day as a holiday. Historic Collinsville is closed on Sunday, May 8.
Learn about plants and planting techniques during the 1800s.
Historic Collinsville will host its first living history day of the season: “News of the World – 1865”. Experience and learn about local men returning home from the Civil War with reenactors, life skills of the period with blacksmithing, spinning wool into yarn, dipping candles, cooking on the hearth, and 19th-century medicine exhibits and demonstrations.
This living history special event of the season allows visitors to experience and learn about local men returning home from the Civil War with reenactors, life skills of the period with blacksmithing, spinning wool into yarn, dipping candles, cooking on the hearth, handwriting, plus 19th-century medicine exhibits and demonstrations. Docents will be in several of
Activities will honor those who sacrificed their lives while serving in the military. Sunday, May 29 is free admission for individuals with a military ID and their accompanying families.
