Program Senior Morning Wb

Senior Morning: May 2026

General

Date: May 20

Event Details

Program Senior Morning Wb

SENIOR FREE DAY 


SENIOR MORNING PROGRAM 

Third Wednesday of Each Month

10:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries | 10:30 a.m. Discussion

Please be aware, museum doors will not be unlocked until 9:45 a.m.!

Gilmore Auditorium 


COME FOR THE MORNING, STAY FOR THE DAY!

Please join us for Senior Day on the third Wednesday of each month where members and seniors 60+ can enjoy all exhibitions and daytime planetarium shows for free.

Schedule:

May 20, 2026

Back again, the Peoria Area Senior Citizen Band of 30+ musicians will perform in the lobby of the Peoria Riverfront Museum!

Reserve your free ticket HERE

June 17, 2026

Come learn about the summer blockbuster exhibition Toytopia with Nate Downs, local pop-culture and history enthusiasts.

July 15, 2026

The Promise of Liberty covers over 250 years of history! Come explore this exhibition with a presentation with the curators that put it together!

August 19, 2025

Museum IT manager Jason Frank will host a "Technology Q+A"! Jason will answer your burning questions about technology in your life. Please submit questions to Sadie Helmick via email (shelmick@peoriariverfrontmuseum.org) to give him time to prepare.

September 16, 2026

The museum exhibition We Remember: 9/11 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary explores the dark day of September 11, 2001. Come and listen to a live Zoom presentation with a museum educator from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

October 21, 2026

Based on the museum case exhibitions upstairs, come learn about Peoria Sports Legends with writer and historian Kirk Wessler.

November 18, 2026

For the final Senior Morning presentation of 2026, join us for a presentation on the America 250 exhibition “Transportation Revolution” with Curator of Science and Director of the Dom Planetarium Renae Kerrigan.

NOTE: Registration is not necessary but groups are encouraged to call ahead so that we will be prepared. Senior groups, please contact Assistant Director of Education, Sadie Helmick, 309-863-3016

Sponsored by AARP,  Peoria Falcon Circle, Visionary Society