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The West Chicago City Museum is a dynamic history and art center that inspires and involves the community through research, programs and exhibits. The museum vows to encourage and fulfill the cultural needs for expression, as well as promote acceptance and understanding of the West Chicago community.

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Brick building with three arched windows, a garage door, a pedestrian door, a streetlamp, and an embossed sign with the year 1894.

West Chicago City Museum, housed in the former Turner Town Hall. This building is on the National Register of Historic Places and dates to 1884.

Comparison of a black-and-white historic photo of West Chicago, Illinois, showing an early street scene with a tram and buildings, with a modern color photo of the same street today featuring cars, shops, and a water tower.

Main Street of yesteryear and today

A red wooden train station building with black window frames and a black door, labeled 'Aurora Branch R.R., Turner Junction, West Chicago,' beside a pink flowering tree and a large rock in the grass.

Chicago, Burlingon, & Quincy Depot