Frankfort Area Historical Museum

Frankfort Area Historical Museum The museum has sixteen rooms and hallways of artifacts displaying local history. The Genealogy Society is also housed in the museum. to 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to 12 p.m.

Visitors can also stop in for a bite to eat at the Red Geranium Tea Room, which serves meals every Wednesday from 11 a.m. There is a weekly menu special, and fresh pies and cakes are available for desert. Research on the area and on the people of Franklin County is conducted every Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. There is also a quilting room where visitors can see ladies making quilts by hand on Wednesday from 8 a.m.

06/09/2026

Good afternoon WF and area residents on this sultry June day. I am have trouble adjusting to "real" life after being on vacation. I am trying though. The menu in the Red Geranium Tea Room in the Frankfort Historical Museum for Wednesday, June 10, 2026 will be: roast pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, pickled beets, salad or jell-O. Desserts are lemon, coconut, pecan pies and Pistaschio cake, and Red Velevet Cake. Lunch is served from 11 to 1. The Genealogy Library will be open from 11 to 1. Come join us for lunch. We will be glad to see and serve you. Thank you for supporting your local museum.

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06/01/2026

Good morning WF and area residents. The menu for June 3, 2026, will be ham and beans and cornbread and slaw. We will look forward to seeing our supporters on June 3rd.

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Following lunch at the West Frankfort Historical Museum, Apha Chi Master chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held the installation...
05/14/2026

Following lunch at the West Frankfort Historical Museum, Apha Chi Master chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held the installation of new officers whose terms will begin in August. Left to right: Bonnie Fitzgerald retiring president, Martha Swift, President. Linda Jeffries, Vice President. Tee Morris, Recording Secretary, Susan Taylor, Corresponding Secretary, and Brenda Hampsey.

Friends and relatives celebrated Jim Russell on his 88th birthday today at the Frankfort Historical Museum. Stories foll...
05/07/2026

Friends and relatives celebrated Jim Russell on his 88th birthday today at the Frankfort Historical Museum. Stories followed by laughter were enjoyed.

THE RED GERANIUM TEA ROOM The Red Geranium Tea Room was happy to serve a group of budding authors and journalists today ...
04/22/2026

THE RED GERANIUM TEA ROOM
The Red Geranium Tea Room was happy to serve a group of budding authors and journalists today for lunch. Following lunch, the group toured the museum to fulfill their writing assignment. Each student was to write an article about something they learned about or was impressed about in the museum. Good Luck budding Central Junior High School journalists and authors. The class were students of Morgan Griffith.

The “Runners” of the 1980’s met for lunch at the museum today. These people ran marathons in the 1980’s. Joe Bozarth was...
04/16/2026

The “Runners” of the 1980’s met for lunch at the museum today. These people ran marathons in the 1980’s. Joe Bozarth was one of the organizers of the River to River marathon which is still held today. Seated left to right: Glenda Knapp, Loretta Brown, Jeanine Linn, Helen Farkas. Standing left to right: Joe Bozarth, Janet Bozarth, Ruth Feely, Mae Harrum, Dale Hubbard, Dennis Feely, A. J. Farkas, Susan Hubbard.

Friends of Jack Russell celebrated his birthday at the museum with him today. Happy Birthday, Jack.
03/26/2026

Friends of Jack Russell celebrated his birthday at the museum with him today. Happy Birthday, Jack.

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2000 E Saint Louis Street
West Frankfort, IL
62896

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(618) 932-6159

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