CLOSED: December-May

OPEN: May-November 

Open every Tuesday through Nov. 12, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Open 2nd and 4th Sundays June through October, noon-4 p.m.
Special events in November, see below.


MAY 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.


JUNE 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

June 9, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations
Model railroad display: honoring Glidden's part in bringing the railroad through DeKalb in 1853. as part of the season-long 200th birthday celebration of Joseph Glidden. Click here for complete details.

June 23, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Model railroad display with presentation at 1:00 p.m., "19th Century Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Development in DeKalb"
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations. Click here for complete details.

JULY 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

July 14, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations
Model railroad display: honoring Glidden's part in bringing the railroad through DeKalb in 1853, as part of the season-long 200th birthday celebration of Joseph Glidden. Click here for complete details.

July 28, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations
Model railroad display: honoring Glidden's part in bringing the railroad through DeKalb in 1853, as part of the season-long 200th birthday celebration of Joseph Glidden. Click here for complete details.

AUGUST 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Aug. 11, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations

SEPTEMBER 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Sept. 8, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations

Sept. 22, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations

OCTOBER 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Oct. 13, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations
True Grit Community Big Read event TBA

Oct. 27, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations
True Grit Community Big Read event TBA

NOVEMBER 2013

Tuesday Tours: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Nov. 3, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Patent Day Celebration
Tours and blacksmith demonstrations

Nov. 3, Sunday
Barbed Wire Sites Bus Tours
11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Reservations required. Cost TBA

Nov. 17, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Holiday Open House
Tours, blacksmith demonstrations, refreshments