Dates & Times
Saturday, December 12
Starts at 10 am
Admission Prices
$12 - Adults Ages 13+
$10 – Children Ages 5-12
$10 - Senior 62+
Free - Infants/Toddlers 0-4
Free - Museum Members
You may also purchase your admissions on Saturday upon your arrival to the special event. Members please call for reservations or check in when you arrive for the event.
When arriving, proceed to the Rec Path entrance and parking just west of the Main Museum Center entrance off Guilford Road. Look for the signs. You will purchase your admission near the event site on the campus past the Rec Path parking area. Parking is free.
This is a rain or shine event. No refunds.
Experience Christmas in the Trenches on Saturday, December 12.
Midway Village Museum, 6799 Guilford Road, Rockford, IL
Christmas in the Trenches is a military re-enactment of the 1914 Christmas truce that took place 112
years ago during World War I. It’s an unprecedented time when the soldiers in the Western front of
the Great War called unofficial ceasefires during the week of Christmas. Enemies came together to
decorate, exchange gifts, sing carols, and even play football.
Visitors’ experiences are two-fold. Each person may engage with reenactors amid the ambiance of a decorated replica trench measuring 150-yards on the Museum grounds. They also will receive a special holiday trench tour and hear excerpts from World War I letters from soldiers experiencing Christmas in the trenches.
The 150-yard trench system is the only replica of its kind with built-in bunkers.
In addition to the tour, visitors will witness a narrated reenactment of a battle and the ceasefire, sing
carols with reenactor soldiers, sip hot chocolate or cider, view artifacts from World War I, and play
football as the soldiers did during the truce!
Questions? Call 815-397-9112.