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  2. Naper Settlement - Wikipedia

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    Naper Settlement, established in 1969, is a 12-acre (49,000 m 2) outdoor history museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums that consists of a collection of thirty historical buildings and structures from the Naperville, Illinois area. Many buildings were moved here from their original locations and refurbished in a style fitting of ...

  3. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Max Nordeen's Wheels Museum, Woodhull [ 83][ 84] McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, closed in 2009. Motorola Museum of Electronics, Schaumburg [ 85][ 86] Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, closed in 2009. Museum of Holography, Chicago [ 87] National Museum of Surveying, Springfield, closed in 2013.

  4. Naperville, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Naper Settlement is an outdoor history museum representing the era of Naperville's founding. [78] Naper Settlement was established by the Naperville Heritage Society and the Naperville Park District in 1969 to preserve some of the community's oldest buildings. [25] Reconstructions of Fort Payne and the Pre-Emption House stand as part of the museum.

  5. Naperville Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Naperville Historic District. Roughly bounded by Juilian, Highland, Chicago, Jackson, Eagle, and 5th Sts. /  41.77556°N 88.15194°W  / 41.77556; -88.15194. The Naperville Historic District is a set of 613 buildings in Naperville, Illinois. Of these 613 buildings, 544 contribute to the historical integrity of the area.

  6. DuPage County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th. Website. www.dupagecounty.gov. [1] DuPage County (/ duːˈpeɪdʒ / doo-PAYJ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton.

  7. Old Nichols Library - Wikipedia

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    The Old Nichols Library is a historic building on Washington Street in Naperville, Illinois. The building was designed by Mifflin E. Bell [citation needed] in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. [1] The building served as the original public library for Naperville from its construction in 1897 until 1986, when the library operations moved to ...

  8. List of open-air and living history museums in the United ...

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    Waterloo Farm Museum. Minnesota. Gammelgarden Museum of Scandia. Heman Gibbs Farmstead, Falcon Heights. The Landing, Shakopee. Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River. Nebraska. Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island. Wessels Living History Farm, York.

  9. Moser Tower and Millennium Carillon - Wikipedia

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    Moser Tower (often referred to as the Naperville Bell Tower) is a structure built in Naperville, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1999 to commemorate the third millennium and 21st century. [1][2] It is 160 feet (49 m) tall and contains the Millennium Carillon, a carillon of 72 bells. [3] The carillon structure is said to be one of the ...