Most events are free to the public.
More Than Bows and Arrows. This year the museum's annual Open House looks to the past as it celebrates the official reopening of the 1939 Waterford School, and the 1850 Canton Liverpool Toll House, on the museum grounds. Reenactors encamped on the museum grounds during both weekends of the Spoon River Scenic Drive recreate the lifeways of Colonial Illinois in their habitation, dress, cooking and eating, blanket trading and demonstrations of black powder shooting, knife throwing, and many crafts. Just Wild About Harry. This year's annual halloween event focuses on the Harry Potter phenomenon.