Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum's Blog

Dr. H.H. Holmes “Killer” Book Signing at Tinker!

tinkercottagemuseum — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:52:45 +0000

Gov. Quinn Visits The Museum!

tinkercottagemuseum — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:36 +0000

Gov. Quinn in the Tinker library

We had a visit from Illinois Gov. Quinn on January 17th to announce a grant to help build an Amtrak station across from the museum. We will once again have trains running from Chicago to Rockford. There has not been a passenger train between the two cities since the 1970′s.

We thank everyone that came out to the press conference!

Buy A Calendar With Tinker Inside!

tinkercottagemuseum — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:01:57 +0000

My friends at Phantasmagoria Photography have created a new calendar! Tinker Swiss Cottage is inside (April)! Click HERE to take a peek and hopefully buy the calendar. Thank you!

Cindy Karnitz was on the Morning Blend!

tinkercottagemuseum — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:03:50 +0000

Our Executive Director of Administration, Cindy Karnitz, was on a local news show called ‘The Morning Blend.’ She was also on WTVO a few days later. We are becoming quite popular!

Happy Holidays from the Museum Staff and Board!

tinkercottagemuseum — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:48:21 +0000

Hello Everyone!

We would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

May 2012 be a prosperous year for you and your family, and we hope to see you here at the museum at one of our numerous events!

2012 will be the “Year of the Book” at the museum, and we will share some of the great events that we have coming up soon!

Be safe!

Railroad Lecture at the Museum!

tinkercottagemuseum — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:40:59 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the museum is having a special lecture on the local railroads by Dr. Simon Cordery of Monmouth College in Illinois.

The lecture will be held at the museums Visitor Center on Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 2-3 PM.

Tickets are on sale now!

The price is $5 for non-members and $3 for museum members. If you would like more information on the event, give us a call at 815-964-2424 or email me @ steve@tinkercottage.com.

Thank you for your support of the museum!

Decorated For Christmas!

tinkercottagemuseum — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:19:57 +0000

Hello Everyone!

The museum is beautifully decorated for Christmas! Come out and see the museum before we close for general admission tours in January and February!

We are open the last week from Tuesday Dec. 27th through Friday, December 30th, with guided tours at 1 PM and 3 PM!

We will open again for general admission tours on Thursday, March 1, 2012!

We hope to see you soon!

Tonight-The Society for Anomalous Studies

tinkercottagemuseum — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:03:57 +0000

Hello Everyone,

This evening, so close to Halloween, we have special guests, The Society For Anomalous Studies. Here is a little bit about them: “The Society for Anomalous Studies is a cooperative of experienced paranormal researchers who have come together to conduct well structured and objective investigations into claims of ghosts and hauntings, psychical and parapsychological experiences, Ufology and Cryptozoology. The SAS’s mission is to seek out truths and facts as they are revealed through data collected following a scientific methodology.

Members of the SAS bring years of practical field and research experience to the table as well as professional diversity. The SAS is fortunate to have members who have military, aviation, electronic and engineering, computer programming, laboratory, writing, music, business, social work and education skills and experience. We feel this combination of research experience and professional skills puts the SAS in a good position to not only assist clients who may have had an anomalous experience but also make meaningful contributions to all these unique fields of study.

Covering both Wisconsin and Illinois, the society will consider serious investigation requests as well as offer free phone and e-mail consultations worldwide.”

It should be a great evening! Thank you to everyone for supporting our paranormal evenings!

Ghost Head Soup & Dale Kaczmarek at Tinker!

tinkercottagemuseum — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:59:16 +0000

Dale Kaczmarek

This Friday, those who have an RSVP (sorry we are full) will get to meet the paranormal team Ghost Head Soup and paranormal guru Dale Kaczmarek of the Ghost Research Society. Ghost Head Soup is a group of dedicated local paranormal professionals that has done a lot of pioneering research in the field, but they also like to have fun. Dale Kaczmarek has been a paranormal researcher before it was “cool” in the 1970′s. Dale is an author who gives numerous presentations across the country to help budding paranormal researchers. Basically, Dale has forgotten more about paranormal research than many people know combined. We are glad and honored to have both Ghost Head Soup and Dale Kaczmarek at our museum. Since our paranormal tours have become popular (they filled up fast), we have added two more dates on Friday November 11th at 7 p.m. and Friday, December 16th at 7 p.m. The cost is $15 per person. If you want to make sure that you are on the list, give us a call at 815-964-2424 or email me @ steve@tinkercottage.com. Hope to see you then!

Ghost Head Soup

Paranormal Evening With TnT Paranormal Investigators!

tinkercottagemuseum — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:43:05 +0000

Greenwood Cemetery

Hello Everyone,

We will have another great paranormal tour this Friday, October 14, 2011. Our special guest’s will be TnT Paranormal Investigators. They will give one of their great presentations, showing audio and video evidence they have captured in the past. I will play some evidence that has been captured at the museum, then we will have a rare night tour of the museum. The tour will begin at 7 pm, and we will be finished between 9:30-10 pm. The cost is $15 per person, which is very reasonable. The tour begins at the museum’s visitor center. You can RSVP by calling 815-964-2424 or email me at steve@tinkercottage.com. Please RSVP before all of the seats are filled! Thank you!