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Aurora Journalist Randy Shilts Helped Frame Debate About Gay Rights Movement

Aurora Journalist Randy Shilts Helped Frame Debate About Gay Rights Movement

by Aurora Historical Society | Jun 6, 2022 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

If there is an act that better defines heroism, I have not seen it.Randy Shilts, paying tribute to those who, while dying from AIDS, agreed to be interviewed for his book, And the Band Played On After his death, The Beacon News called him “an enormous journalistic...
Head to Toe — Our Summer Exhibit

Head to Toe — Our Summer Exhibit

by Aurora Historical Society | Jun 5, 2022 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured, Photo

Our summer exhibit, Head to Toe, opened during June’s First Friday and runs through August 21.
Paul Egan, Unvarnished

Paul Egan, Unvarnished

by Aurora Historical Society | Feb 27, 2022 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

“A bunch of lousy gangsters.” Mayor Paul Egan That was Paul Egan’s view of politicians.  How he became a politician himself and earned an international reputation for plain speaking and a whole lot of other things is an Everyman story of the 1950s...
Portraits of the Past Sneak Peek: William F. Holt

Portraits of the Past Sneak Peek: William F. Holt

by Aurora Historical Society | Feb 19, 2022 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured, Photo

Happening Now — Portraits of the Past. Presenting 60 portraits in oil, acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, and photography, all drawn from our archives. About this painting: William F. Holt (1867-1940) Hand-colored pastel based on a photograph; Artist, Casimir Arcouet...
A Look Back At “Our Favorite Things” Exhibit

A Look Back At “Our Favorite Things” Exhibit

by Aurora Historical Society | Jan 16, 2022 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

After an extended closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Society’s first exhibit open to the public was Our Favorite Things which consisted of an eclectic mix of artifacts from the Aurora area. The exhibit ran from late June 2021 to mid-January 2022 in the...
The Quest to Light Aurora’s Streets

The Quest to Light Aurora’s Streets

by Aurora Historical Society | Dec 4, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

By John Jaros, Executive Director, Aurora Historical Society 140 years ago – on November 8, 1881, Aurora became one of the first cities in the country to light its streets with electricity. This is the story of how that came to be. In our modern world, with its...
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The Aurora Historical Society is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit.  Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

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John Jaros, Executive Director
Scott Sherwood, Museum Assistant
Nicole Baker, Gift Shop

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Mary Clark Ormond, President
Greg Probst, Vice President
Mary Caffee Twait, Secretary
John Medernach, Treasurer
Virginia Potter
Scott Robowski

Angela Clay Thomas

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