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GHM Core Documents Verified by the American Alliance of Museums
The Geneva History Museum has been working on pre-accreditation for several years. This required revising and creating documents that have been designated as core by the American Alliance of Museums…
Read MoreAnnual Geneva Giving Trees Display
For many years, the Geneva History Museum (GHM) Geneva Giving Trees display has offered the opportunity for local non-profit organizations to decorate a Christmas tree in our Feature Gallery. The…
Read MoreMuseum Temporarily Closed for Grant Projects
The Geneva History Museum (GHM) will remain closed through the summer to complete several projects. GHM was awarded a $162,628 Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and…
Read MoreWatch the artist!
During the spring and summer of 2020, Geneva artist Dennis Gramlich will be creating a background painting for the Geneva History Museum’s 18th century crèche (nativity scene) that is displayed each…
Read MoreHistory of Quarantine in Geneva
The past few weeks of social distancing and quarantine is not the first time for Geneva. The Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 killed somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.…
Read MoreGeneva’s Covid-19 Journal Project & Coloring Pages
You are part of this history! Share your stories of Covid-19 in Geneva with the Geneva History Museum to document this historic crisis. The GHM Archives contains many journals, letters…
Read MoreGHM Recognized for Excellence
Geneva History Museum has passed the American Alliance of Museums’ Core Documents Verification, an important milestone in its ongoing efforts to demonstrate excellence, meet standards and best practices, and ultimately…
Read MoreWatch Recorded Brown Bag Programs
Have you missed a Brown Bag Program that you wanted to attend? Now you can view recorded Brown Bag Programs here on the GHM website if you are an annual…
Read MoreAccreditation Update
Geneva History Museum (GHM) has a goal of becoming the first nationally accredited museum in Kane County, Illinois. GHM has officially submitted all five of the pre-accreditation documents required of…
Read MoreMuseum Celebrates Artist’s 103rd Birthday with Mural Dedication
The Geneva History Museum will celebrate the 103rd birthday of artist Manuel Bromberg at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 6 by videotaping everyone singing “Happy Birthday to Manny” in front…
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