Here is a sample of what you might see at the Silver Creek Museum. Come see the rest for yourself!
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From cowbells to barbed wire, you never know what you might find at the Silver Creek Museum.
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Got milk? The museum has milk cans, cream separators, butter churns and more!
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For the art lover in you, whole wall murals have been moved to the museum.
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It is only fitting that a museum that educates the public about history should show how education looked in the past.
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This Soap Box Derby car was built in the winter of 1950-1951 by Dean G. Speilman of Freeport, Illinois. He was 12 years old at the time, and raced the car in 1951 and 1952, finishing in the top ten in both Freeport and Rochelle. Soap Box Derby cars are propelled by gravity and reach speeds approaching 50 mph on the steeper grades.
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This display replicates the small general stores where most commerce happened a century ago.
From engines to railroad motor cars, Stover made numerous industrial products in Freeport.
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The museum has an operating model train display. Click here for video.
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