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:
January 21, 2026
Explore the exhibition A Deeper Dive Into the Permanent Collection and learn about the care of the Museum’s collection with Katelynn Bouslog, the Assistant to the Chief Curator and Registrar.
February 18, 2026
Come learn about the museum's newest exhibition, The Promise of Liberty, with the curators that put it together! Zac Zetterberg and Megan Nyguen will take you through this historic exhibition exploring over 250 years of history.
March 18
Enjoy our newest educational documentary Secrets of the Great Salt Lake in the Giant Screen Theater. Breakfast will start in the Gilmore Auditorium from 10 a.m. - 10:25 a.m., then we will transition to the Giant Screen Theater.
April 15, 2026
Come learn to explore the fusion of fine art and ecological wonders. The exhibition Exquisite Creatures combines fine art with specimens of the natural world! Come learn about Christopher Marley's amazing art pieces with Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetarium, Renae Kerrigan.
May 20, 2026
Back again, the Peoria Area Senior Citizen Band of 30+ musicians will perform in the lobby of the Peoria Riverfront Museum!
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
