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Decorate your very own 6-inch round, vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry ($5 upcharge) Pretty in Pink cake in the Open Court Editorial Office of the Hegeler Carus Mansion in LaSalle, IL. All supplies included! Just bring yourself, an apron, and your creativity! This event is a partnership between the Hegeler Carus Mansion and Blue Eyed Rascal Baking Co. Disclaimer- This event is non-refundable.

Event Date: February 20th 5:30pm-7pm
Event Location: Hegeler Carus Mansion

Note: Limited space (16 seats), registration ends on February 11, 2025. Cake selection of Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry ($5 upcharge).

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While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

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Beginner’s Lace Making Workshop: No frills, just the basics!
February 17th, 9am-12pm | Open Court Office (Ground Floor) at the Hegeler Carus Mansion
Cost: $65/person

What to bring: Bring yourself and your desire to learn this lost art form, and we’ll supply the rest.

What is provided: A lacing kit of a 18x20 foam board, bobbins for the project, pins, pincushion, thread, pattern and a handout.

Learn the lost art of Bobbin Lacemaking with Donna, a seasoned lace artist that has been working in lace for over 20 years providing demos and classes, and a member of the Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange. In this 3-hour class you will learn the fundamentals of lacemaking while creating a  bookmark. At the end of the class, you will have all of the essential supplies needed to lace as well as your class bookmark project. 

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When: Saturday, February 15, 2025 from 9am-2pm in the Open Court Editorial Office on the Ground Floor of the Hegeler Carus Mansion
Cost: $55 (optional kit available onsite for $24.99)
Optional toolkit includes: a glue pen, piecing needles, and a small spool of matching thread.

Have you ever wondered what to do with all of those scrap fabrics? We are partnering with Quilting in the Valley on a one-day English Paper Piecing Workshop here in the Family Room of the Hegeler Carus Mansion.

What is English Paper Piecing?
English Paper Piecing (EPP) is a historical quilting technique (popular in the 18th and 19th centuries) that involves wrapping fabric around paper shapes and then stitching the fabric together. The paper is removed once the shape is complete, leaving the fabric behind. EPP is a great project for using up scraps and showing off fabric prints, while completing complex looking designs with ease. This is a portable, easy to learn technique!

What you will learn and what you will need to bring:
For this class, we will learn to glue baste the fabric to the papers, whipstitch the pieces together, and make a star shaped candle mat. Precut fabrics and papers will be provided to participants. Each participant will need to bring a pair of sharp scissors with them for this project. For those that need it, a tool kit will be available to purchase for $24.99 during class including a fabric glue pen, high quality #9 sharps needles, and 80 weight cotton thread for invisible piecing.

Purchase Tickets Here.

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While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.

Purchase Tickets Here.

While our floors on the Main level are being restored, we have a special opportunity for a new tour. Up to ten guests are guided through the Ground Floor of the Mansion, including America’s oldest existing gymnasium and the home of Open Court Publishing, including the original typesetting room. You’ll see how the Hegelers and Caruses ran a publishing company out of the Mansion and some of the ancillary rooms that make this different than your normal residence. In addition, you’ll also hear stories about the family that lived in the home and the legacy they left.

This tour lasts about an hour, and the cost is $18 per adult, $15 per senior/student. Veterans and Active Duty Military are free of charge for this tour.

Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your tour. This will allow you time to hang up your coat, use the restroom, and be ready before your tour group departs at its scheduled time. 

Purchase Tickets Here.