Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Monroe Building
Chicago, Illinois

The Monroe Building was designed by Holabird & Roche in 1912, and the lobby with its brilliantly-colored, rhythmic vaulted ceiling comprises one of the world’s largest collections of Rookwood Pottery tile. The Rookwood Pottery Company was founded in 1880 by pioneering artist Maria Longworth-Nichols, who built the company into a world-renowned ceramics studio and one of the largest woman-owned businesses in the country. It is internationally regarded as among the most important and influential art potteries of the early 20th century.

The Monroe Building is home to the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. The mission of the Pritzker is to increase the public’s understanding of military history, military affairs, and national security by providing a forum for the study and exploration of our military with a specific focus on their stories, sacrifices, and values. A non-governmental, non-partisan organization, the Museum & Library features diverse collections, scholarly initiatives, and public programs. In addition to 45,000 volumes in a dozen languages, the institution houses unique artifacts, such a journal kept by a militiaman during the Battle of Rhode Island in 1777-79. It provides a firsthand account of military operations during the American Revolution as well as a list of daily expenditures, travel details, musical scores, and remembrances of loved ones.

Enchanted Forest Walk in Great Mountain Forest
Saturday, November 12, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
[We expect the rain to end on Saturday by mid-morning, so this program is on!]

Please join the Firefly Fairy from the Sova Dance and Puppet Theater to celebrate the changing of the seasons in the Great Mountain Forest. Miss Eileen, the Norfolk Library, and Great Mountain Forest invite folks of all ages to wander through the woods and find cozy nooks to build faerie huts. A pleasant fire and warming cider will be offered at the end of our stroll by GMF staff Matt Gallagher. Magical costumes are welcome. Meet at the east entrance to GMF at the end of Windrow Road.

Please register for this program here or by calling the Norfolk Library front desk circulation 860-542-5075 ext. 2. This program is supported by an Artists Grant to Adelka Polak of Sova Dance and Puppet Theater from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts which also receives support from the Federal ARPA.

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