Exhibits
The Museum at 411 Linden Street has three exhibit galleries. Our permanent exhibit, Creating Community: A History of Winnetka is now open in the Carol and Jim Hansen Gallery. It features seven subject areas: Tracking the Green Bay Trail, Trails to Rails, Envisioning a Village, A Progressive Tradition, Building Neighborhoods, Where Community Happens, and Common Ground.
Our small exhibit in the Joan and Kevin Evanich room houses: Topping Winnetka: Fifteen Decades of Ladies Hats. On display through May, 2010.
Palette of Our Past: Artists in Winnetka 
This exhibit features works by several Winnetka artists including Adam Emory Albright, Ivan Albright, Anita Willets Burnham, Carol-Lou Burnham, Charles Haag, Nancy Hahn, Herman Menzel, Herman Peterson, Fairfield Porter. On display through September, 2010.
Current Exhibits:
Plan of Chicago 1909 and Plan of Winnetka 1921
Explore our exhibit that compares the Burnham/Bennett Plan of Chicago and the Bennett Plan of Winnetka. After working on the groundbreaking Chicago Plan, Bennett went on to create plans for dozens of cities worldwide. What do the Chicago Plan and the Winnetka Plan have in common? What do we see in our village today that is a result of this original plan?
Creating Community: A History of Winnetka
Our new exhibit, housed in the Carol and Jim Hansen gallery, features seven subject areas encompassing Winnetka history. Browse through photos, articles and artifacts that tell the story of Winnetka…