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Your gift to Bond County Historical Society helps preserve, explore, and share the rich history of our county, its city and villages, and its rural communities. Click the PayPal button to make a secure, online donation or payment via credit card or PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account in order to donate via credit card. As BCHS is recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, your contribution may be tax deductible and it helps us achieve our mission to educate current and future generations about our unique past. Thank you!!

Search Historic Advocate on Chronicling America Website

Digital images of the earliest issues of the Greenville Advocate are now included in the Library of Congress’ freely available newspaper site: Chronicling America. The 256 issues, 4 pages each, were digitized from microfilm of issues published between 1858 and 1864. They can presently be accessed and searched by keyword in formats of image, PDF, and online text. Bond County Historical Society and Bond County Genealogical Society are hopeful more opportunities and funds will arise for digitizing additional years of the newspaper. Cary Holman, BCHS president said of the release, “We are off to a promising start in this partnership with the Illinois Newspaper Project and truly appreciative of the support of the Library of Congress.”

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2025 Upcoming Events

Bond County Historical Society is planning a full year of Activities, Speakers, Tours, and Events! View the current schedule and check back often for more dates & more details. [Last Updated March 26, 2025]

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Museum Phone Number is 618-690-0469

Leave us a voicemail message to schedule a guided group tour, a tour outside regular museum hours, or to get in touch with our society board for any reason. If you are unable to connect with us via phone, please send an email or a message to our Facebook page.

We’re Open in 2024

Welcome to Bond County Historical Society’s home, the Bond County Museum, for the 2024-2025 Season. Come visit us for a self-guided tour - Saturdays 10am-noon (& Sundays 1-3pm June, July, August only). Watch our Facebook Page and local media for more information on special events!

“Bond County History Remembered: Video Legacies”
is Bond County Historical Society’s new oral history series

Check out the newest video releases in our YouTube Channel and on our Video Legacies webpage.

Bond County Museum Hours!

• Saturdays: 10am-noon (January—December)
• Sundays: 1pm-3pm (June—August)

Plus special occasions to be announced. Groups welcome. The museum will open for special tours, please call or email to arrange. Check dates the museum facility is Currently Reserved. Free admission. Donations accepted.

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e-Newsletter

Now you can enjoy reading the semi-annual Bond County Genealogical Society e-Newsletter, published jointly with Bond County Historical Society since 2014!

• B.C.G.S. News Archives

Financial Gifts Sought to Support New Bond County Museum

Bond County Historical Society needs your help to raise funds to complete Phase 2 necessary renovations and improvements to the historic U.S. DeMoulin Mansion, which opened to the public May 15, 2021 as Bond County Museum! Please consider a donation to help us reach our goal! As BCHS is recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, your contribution may be tax deductible.

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Press Release: (October 2018) Historic Greenville Home Donated to Bond County Historical Society

Officers

Apply for or Renew Membership here using our downloadable form:

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Business Meetings are generally the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Bond County Museum. Special Programs, Events or Tours of other locations may move meeting date/time. Please check our Facebook Page, WGEL 101.7FM Radio, The Greenville Advocate newspaper, or official emails from the society.

Past Posters Collage - Each October, BCHS hosts our Annual Dinner Meeting Plus Program & Elections

Bond County Museum

409 S. Fourth Street
Greenville, Illinois
At the corner of Winter and Fourth Streets

Hours: January—December
Saturdays: 10am to noon

Hours: June, July, August
Saturdays: 10am to noon
Sundays: 1pm to 3pm

Or on special occasions
Groups welcome. Free admission. Donations accepted.

Society Meetings

Meetings are generally the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Bond County Museum. Please check our Official Facebook Page, the Greenville Advocate newspaper, or WGEL 101.7 FM Radio for times and locations.

Legacies & Memories

New Museum Acquisition: “Wonder Window,” a 1949 Stewart-Warner television, donated to Bond County Historical Society December 2022. Picture is projected up through a large magnifying glass, bounced off the mirror in the lid, and the broadcasted program can be viewed from a distance several feet away.

Collections & Archives

Featured Museum Collection: Bound Volumes of The Greenville Advocate newspaper are available for research purposes by special permission and arrangement. Issues include 1930s-1970s, some years incomplete. The Greenville Advocate was founded in 1858 and continues to be published to this day. You can view the complete 4 page edition from September 12, 1861 by visiting the below link:

Quilt Show

Odd Years, Third Saturday in March
There are currently no plans for a Bond County Historical Society sponsored quilt show in 2023. If you or your guild/club would be interested in serving on a planning committee for a 2025 BCHS Quilt Show, please contact the society!