On August 23rd, 2022, our members toured the Mascoutah Heritage Museum. The museum was donated to the Mascoutah Historical Society by Wayne Wilson in 2003 and opened in 2004. Members were impressed with the extensive displays of many categorized items spread out on three floors of the museum. The museum is open on Tuesday mornings 9am-12pm and on the first and third Sundays of the month from 1-4pm. Here are sample photos from their vast inventory.
On June 28th, 2022, eleven members of the Millstadt Historical Society toured the vast collection of historical items at Cliff and Sharon McNames' home. This particular tour was limited to their basement collection with a little peek into a garage assortment of artifacts. The collections we toured were less than half of their total collection. The McNames previously shared their outdoor collection with the Society. As you can see by the below photos, there's a vast range of artifacts. More than once the tour was scratching their heads on guessing what an item was and its purpose. Thanks Cliff and Sharon for a great eveing!
On July 27th, 2021, fourteen members of the Millstadt Historical Society toured the Red Bud Area Museum. Our hosts were Charles & Maggie Ratz and Jane Lucht.
The Red Bud Area Museum initiative started in 2011 with final opening to the public the following year. There are over 4,000 items donated to the Museum and 50 volunteers help serve as host and hostess (pre-covid). After the general background, the group viewed the entry Parlor where the host called out various items of interest. From there, they split into two groups to view each of the other rooms. Rooms were categorized and labeled as: Housewife’s Haven, Our Heroes & Saloon, Red Bud Memorabilia, Archives & More, Kids Through the Years, Down on the Farm, and Vintage Boutique. The categorization was a clever way to best display the overwhelming amount of vintage items. They also viewed the upstairs floor used for Events. As its name implies, items were from Red Bud as well as Randolph & area counties. It was a great tour.
The Red Bud Area Museum initiative started in 2011 with final opening to the public the following year. There are over 4,000 items donated to the Museum and 50 volunteers help serve as host and hostess (pre-covid). After the general background, the group viewed the entry Parlor where the host called out various items of interest. From there, they split into two groups to view each of the other rooms. Rooms were categorized and labeled as: Housewife’s Haven, Our Heroes & Saloon, Red Bud Memorabilia, Archives & More, Kids Through the Years, Down on the Farm, and Vintage Boutique. The categorization was a clever way to best display the overwhelming amount of vintage items. They also viewed the upstairs floor used for Events. As its name implies, items were from Red Bud as well as Randolph & area counties. It was a great tour.
The Millstadt Historical Society members toured the St Clair County Historical Museum on June 27, 2017, which was led by Will Shannon, IV, Curator for the museum. The tour was completed in a room featuring educational memorabilia from the Belleville area. One item of particular interest was a penmanship book used by Henry Tegtmeier, a mid-19th century resident of Millstadt.
On June 25, 2019 Annie Rieken hosted the Millstadt Historical Society to a tour of the Henke-Buck Homestead in Waterloo, circa 1845. Below are sample photos of the tour.
