Chicago Tribune February 3, 2008 and AARP Bulletin March 2008 Feature 1950s House Museum

On February 3, 2008 the Chicago Tribune ran a wonderful story by Joel Hood on the museum in the Metro section, Page 1 and page 5, with color photographs by John Smierczak (a former resident!). You have to pay to read it on their official site, but there is another site which still had the text for free. The article has brought many visitors to our doors in the past few months.

That article attracted the attention of the editors of AARP Bulletin. In March on Page 6, they ran a paragraph long story with our web address. We have heard from people all over the country, and even from folks in other countries! Our website had over 10,000 unique visitors in March 2008, with over 360,000 hits on our pages. People who never lived in Park Forest found the idea of the museum exciting, and were sending the story to social networking sites, where 70-80 more visitors would come check us out online.

The museum is booking tours for seniors groups, small groups of friends who want to see it together and for intergenerational family groups. In the next few weeks we will have a reunion group come through. Visitors have come in person from San Jose, CA, Cleveland, Ohio, Wisconsin, Scottsdale, AZ, Silverdale, WA, and State College, PA.

Schedule a tour for a group you belong to, or grab some friends and family and come during our regular hours!