Upcoming Events
2024 Season
We can’t wait to see you as we begin our 41st year of preserving the past for the enjoyment and education of future generations!
We’re celebrating the new season with free ice pops and Dilly Bars for museum visitors, while supplies last.
During the month of May, visit our Ford display room where you will get a close up look at three gorgeous classics – a 1956 F100 Pickup (owned by Brian Jensen), a 1940 Pickup (owned by Marshal and Sue Adams) and a 1940 Convertible (owned by Shirley Heller)!
From May to October every second and fourth Saturday of the month, you can visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
This is a tentative date as we can only ride the Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck if we have good weather, please check the status of the event before you come to the museum on May 25.
Families and individuals are welcome and invited to ride in the beautifully restored 1931 Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine! This spectacular truck accommodates six to eight people and will run two to three times per hour. Schedule your group during your visit at the museum. Free access with admission ticket or membership.
Bring your camera and we will take your picture! What an adventure this will be!
Donations from riders for maintenance of this beautiful fire truck will be appreciated.
Stories with our friends from the Dunlap Public Library District. Oriented towards preschoolers and early elementary ages. Meet at the gazebo then we’ll walk together to a special destination for the stories. Bring your own picnic and have lunch at the picnic tables on the Generation Building’s veranda.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
Stories with our friends from the Dunlap Public Library District. Oriented towards preschoolers and early elementary ages. Meet at the gazebo then we’ll walk together to a special destination for the stories. Bring your own picnic and have lunch at the picnic tables on the Generation Building’s veranda.
Come to the museum wearing your superhero costume! Batman and his Batmobile, the Ghostbusters and their Ectomobiles, the Gotham City Chief O’Hara car, the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, a Transformers Camero and other special guests will be here to greet you.
Who doesn’t love ice cream ! Dairy Queen will be at the museum on Saturday, July 6, between noon and 2:30pm. It’s a great chance to get a close up look at the DQ ’55 GMC van, too! Come and get a free DQ dilly bar when you present your admission ticket or membership. While supplies last.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
This is a tentative date as we can only ride the Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck if we have good weather, please check the status of the event before you come to the museum on July 13
Families and individuals are welcome and invited to ride in the beautifully restored 1931 Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine! This spectacular truck accommodates six to eight people and will run two to three times per hour. Schedule your group during your visit at the museum. Free access with admission ticket or membership.
Bring your camera and we will take your picture! What an adventure this will be!
Donations from riders for maintenance of this beautiful fire truck will be appreciated.
The same program is presented twice: at 1pm and 3pm
The “Silver Streak” Model T Ford is on display in the Ford building during the month of July. On Saturday, July 20, come and listen to fun and entertaining stories by John Butte (author of Darlene’s Silver Streak and the Bradford Model T Girls) whose mom Regina Fennell (Butte) and his aunt traveled with other women in this car across the USA. These remarkable women known as “The Bradford Model T Girls” were way ahead of their time!
Stories with our friends from the Dunlap Public Library District. Oriented towards preschoolers and early elementary ages. Bring your own picnic and have lunch at the picnic tables on the Generation Building’s veranda.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
When you visit, you may find yourself walking alongside a service dog and handler! The lights, sounds, and various exhibit types will provide a unique training opportunity for the service dogs and service dogs in training of Paws Giving Independence.
The objective of PGI is to train service dogs to assist people with a variety of different disabilities while providing support to encourage independence. PGI educates the public to the benefits of Service Dogs and encourages animal rescue by obtaining many of their animals from shelters and rescue groups. Paws Giving Independence provides quality service dogs free of charge to adults and children. It is a fully volunteer-run organization.
Some of the dogs visiting the museum may be on “furlough” from PGI’s training program at Logan Correctional Center. Click here to watch a news feature about a special service dog who was trained through that program.
Regular admission rates apply.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
The first black labor union was founded in 1925. Known as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, it was organized by the African-American employees of the Pullman Company (Pullman Porters).
While life on the rails was filled with adversity, Pullman Porters helped fuel the Great Migration, shaped the black middle class, and laid groundwork for the Civil Rights movement.
A special talk about the Pullman Porters will be offered in collaboration with the Bradley Department of African American Studies on this 99th anniversary of the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Our own Pullman rail cars were restored and are open to the public. They are part of this profound history.
Stories with our friends from the Dunlap Public Library District. Oriented towards preschoolers and early elementary ages. Meet at the gazebo then we’ll walk together to a special destination for the stories. Bring your own picnic and have lunch at the picnic tables on the Generation Building’s veranda.
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon where we showcase our own spectacular “Bricks in Motion” LEGO® display by adding fascinating demonstrations in various areas of our Generations Building. We will be joined by students from iSTEAM Studio, the First Lego League Robotics Team (TechnoBots) in Dunlap and other area Robotics teams. Prepare to be amazed by all that LEGO® bricks are capable of in these talented students’ hands!
Come on out and shop the Wheels O’ Time Museum annual garage sale! Proceeds help with restoration and preservation of our artifacts. Wide variety of items. No clothing.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
I’s a half day off for some schools around the area! On Friday, September 20, 2024, up to two students are admitted free when they come to the museum accompanied by a paying adult. What a great way to spend the half day off!
(Adults $12, additional students $5.00)
This is a tentative date as we can only ride the Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck if we have good weather, please check the status of the event before you come to the museum on September 21.
Families and individuals are welcome and invited to ride in the beautifully restored 1931 Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine! This spectacular truck accommodates six to eight people and will run two to three times per hour. Schedule your group during your visit at the museum. Free access with admission ticket or membership.
Bring your camera and we will take your picture! What an adventure this will be!
Donations from riders for maintenance of this beautiful fire truck will be appreciated.
Stories with our friends from the Dunlap Public Library District. Oriented towards preschoolers and early elementary ages. Meet at the gazebo then we’ll walk together to a special destination for the stories. Bring your own picnic and have lunch at the picnic tables on the Generation Building’s veranda.
The Central Illinois Farm Heritage Tractor Club will display a collection of numerous vintage tractors at the museum.
A three day outdoor and static display of antique farm tractors on the museum lawns. From Friday Sept 27 to Sunday Sept 29.
Included with museum admission.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
Fall Festival – one of our most popular days of the season! You’ll love visiting the museum while it is decked out in its best fall and Halloween decor! Enjoy blacksmithing demonstrations, folk music, fire equipment (modern and classic), ambulance tours, beekeeping paraphernalia & honey tasting, hit & miss engines, corn shelling, classic cars, vintage garden tractors, small special exhibits and demonstrations, trains, and so much more!
Light lunch and snacks will be available for purchase!
Regular admission rates apply. No charge for members.
Enjoy a free Dilly Bar treat from the ’55 Vintage GMC Peoria Dairy Queen van, from Noon to 2:30, while supplies last! Get a close up look at the DQ van in our front parking lot.
Visitors on this special day enter with Buy-One-Get-One-Free Admission rates!*
*Buy one regular priced admission, get 2nd of equal or lower price at no charge. No additional coupons may be used.
Visit our own resident blacksmith at work in the Farm Building, from Noon to 4pm!
Included with admission or membership
Attend at your own risk as you may never leave (or want to). On Sunday October 27 come to the museum to celebrate Halloween with us in a safe and fun environment. For children through 8th grade.
The event runs from 6 to 8pm. You may arrive during that window, with last admissions ending at 7:30pm.
Museum Members: $3 per child (ages 2-13) and $2 per accompanying adult.
Non members: $5 per child (ages 2 – 13) and $2 per accompanying adult.
Babies under 2 are free.
Hall O’ Wheels includes a not too spooky scavenger hunt through the museum’s main building, quiet room available for craft activities, and lots of treats.
