Street Address
P.O. Box 269
Manhattan, IL 60442
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 269
Manhattan, IL 60442
phone: 815-478-4530
e-mail: manhattanhistorical@yahoo.com
Hours
Monday - Friday9 AM - 5 PM
Museum Type(s)
Staff
Janet Werner, Caboose Curator
phone: 815-478-3374
Mary Kay Cooper, Secretary
phone: 815-478-4530

Description

Our vision is to have a place to preserve and display our village's artifacts. Our book of over 100 years of the town's pictorial history is in its second printing. Turning the town's caboose into a model of a working caboose of the times is another goal.

Mission

We have no official museum nor display other than the caboose which is only open once or twice a year. We meet at the bank's community room.

History

The organization began when the village was planning its centennial. The group published a booklet about the town's past and just kept going.