Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing
OPRF A to Z
Exhibits are open during regular museum hours. Click here for more information on how to plan your visit.
Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing
OPRF A to Z
Exhibits are open during regular museum hours. Click here for more information on how to plan your visit.
In 1919, a group of Oak Park women decided to open the Economy Shop to raise funds for five local charitable organizations. Today the Economy Shop is a unique and indelible part of the community and continues to be an important resource for local charities.
Donations Through The Decades, Shopping Through the Century: The Economy Shop at 100
Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing
OPRF A to Z
Exhibits are open during regular museum hours. Click here for more information on how to plan your visit.
Donations Through The Decades, Shopping Through the Century: The Economy Shop at 100
Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing
OPRF A to Z
Exhibits are open during regular museum hours. Click here for more information on how to plan your visit.
Like so many baby boomers, Kevin Kell received a Lionel train set as a Christmas present when he was a young boy, but lost interest in trains when he entered high school. Then, in 1973, his wife gave him an HO train set for their first Christmas together, and the spark was rekindled. Her has been involved in model railroading ever since.
Donations Through The Decades, Shopping Through the Century: The Economy Shop at 100
Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing
OPRF A to Z
Exhibits are open during regular museum hours. Click here for more information on how to plan your visit.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s lost Midway Gardens, the iconic Sunbeam Mixmaster, and Marshall Field’s famed window displays: despite the differences in scale and medium, each belongs to the broad current of Art Deco style that developed in Chicago in the first half of the twentieth century.
Donations Through The Decades, Shopping Through the Century: The Economy Shop at 100
Open House: The Legacy of Fair Housing
OPRF A to Z
Exhibits are open during regular museum hours. Click here for more information on how to plan your visit.
This evening will include a gallery talk with Nancy Hines, director of the Economy Shop, discussing the new Economy Shop exhibit at OPRF Museum.
