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GALENA CITY BEAUTIFUL PLANS GALENA ARBOR DAY EVENT TO GREEN THE CITY AND ADD NEW TREES TO U.S. HIGHWAY 20 This Year's Goal is to Plant...

GALENA CITY BEAUTIFUL AWARDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT REX BALL WITH A $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO SERVE AS AN INTERN STUDYING ARCHITECTURE,...

A Rare Glimpse of the Navajo and their Life and Culture in the late 19th and early 20th-Century in America’s Southwest The Chicago...

TAKE DOWN THE UGLY UTILITY WIRES AND POLES FROM OUR HISTORIC CITY! The City of Galena is one of the most important historic sites in the...

Architecture Critic Christian Narkiewicz-Laine Publishes New Book on "Galena Illinois and its Lead Mines". GALENA, ILLINOIS (NOVEMBER 30,...

Adopted by The Galena City Beautiful Committee, August 15, 2017 Written by Marty Johnson STRAKA JOHNSON ARCHITECTS PC. INSTALL OVERHEAD...

The Chicago Athenaeum Awards Grant to Galena ARC for Community Youth Arts Programs at Galena Middle School GALENA, ILLINOIS (DECEMBER 4,...

The Museum Estimates Another 80-100 Historic Properties Are also Threatened and in Jeopardy of Imminent Destruction ...

Galena Artist Ioannis Karalias Presents New Paintings Inspired by Galena and the Mississippi River at the Tsichritzis Foundation in...

Dale Glick named "Galena Person of the Year" for 2019 by Galena City Beautiful and the Chicago Athenaeum Given a $1,000 Grant by Galena...

“Sacred Threads: The Art of the Navajo Rug”—Opens at the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Art + Design, August 30 A Special Opening Reception...

One of America’s most beautiful 19th–Century Cities–Galena, Illinois. Our American Heritage is greater than any one of us. If it can...

Mississippians 1000 AD! The original, mysterious lost people of Illinois the Mississippian empire 350-1200 ad EXHIBITION DATES MARCH 20...

Let Yourself Be Enchanted by a Special and Festive Atmosphere—An Evening of European Foods and Christmas Ornaments and Music Highlight...

Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran/Poet Christopher P. Collins Wins the First James Gates Percival Prize for Literature The Kentucky poet,...

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The Chicago Athenaeum in Galena Inaugurates the First James Gates Percival International Poetry Festival A Festival to Honor the United...

Thanking our community for making our city beautiful. We are presenting you the winning gardens for 2018. 1st Place Douglas and Robert...

The Chicago Athenaeum Launches a Public Education Program to Celebrate Galena’s Most Important Architect: Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli...