Five rooms containing rotating exhibits that change several times per year.
Exhibits contain artifacts selected from the museum collection and/or from local collectors.
Prior exhibits include:
Cointraptions: Classic Coin-Operated Machines (September 20, 2019 - February 16, 2020)
The Happy Homemaker: History of Household Appliances (March 22, 2019 - August 18, 2019)
Vintage Toys: It's Child's Play! (
September 28, 2018 - February 17, 2019)
In the Groove: A History of Record Players (March 23, 2018 - August 19, 2018)
Thomas Edison and His Rivals: Bringing Electricity to America (Fall 2017: September 22, 2017 - February 18, 2018)
Open for Business: Office Success Before Computers (March 24, 2017 to August 20, 2017)
The Evolution of Film (September 2016 - February 2017)
Pinball!
An Exhibition of Vintage Pinball Machines (February 19, 2016 - August 21, 2016)
25 Years of the Museum of American Heritage: A Retrospective (April 2015 - January 2016)
Museum of American Heritage A to Z (October 2015 - March 2015)
Time Machines: Clocks & Timekeeping (April 2014 to September 2014)
Television, A History (Fall, 2013)
Inventing the 20th Century (Summer, 2012)
Antique Toys, 1870-1930 (Winter, 2010)
Permanent exhibits in six rooms of the Williams House include:
An early 20th Century Kitchen
A 1920s General Store displaying the contents from a single Chicago store
Functioning Print Shop with 4 letterpress printers and one Intertype printer (Intertype Corporation)
Early Automobile Garage and Workshop
Five rooms containing rotating exhibits that change several times per year. Exhibits contain artifacts selected from the museum collection and/or from local collectors. Prior exhibits include:
Cointraptions: Classic Coin-Operated Machines (September 20, 2019 - February 16, 2020)
The Happy Homemaker: History of Household Appliances (March 22, 2019 - August 18, 2019)
Vintage Toys: It's Child's Play! (September 28, 2018 - February 17, 2019)
In the Groove: A History of Record Players (March 23, 2018 - August 19, 2018)
Thomas Edison and His Rivals: Bringing Electricity to America (Fall 2017: September 22, 2017 - February 18, 2018)
Open for Business: Office Success Before Computers (March 24, 2017 to August 20, 2017)
The Evolution of Film (September 2016 - February 2017)
Pinball! An Exhibition of Vintage Pinball Machines (February 19, 2016 - August 21, 2016)
25 Years of the Museum of American Heritage: A Retrospective (April 2015 - January 2016)
Museum of American Heritage A to Z (October 2015 - March 2015)
Time Machines: Clocks & Timekeeping (April 2014 to September 2014)
Television, A History (Fall, 2013)
Inventing the 20th Century (Summer, 2012)
Antique Toys, 1870-1930 (Winter, 2010)
Permanent exhibits in six rooms of the Williams House include:
An early 20th Century Kitchen
A 1920s General Store displaying the contents from a single Chicago store
Functioning Print Shop with 4 letterpress printers and one Intertype printer (Intertype Corporation)
Early Automobile Garage and Workshop
Museum of American Heritage