Historical Museum Welcomes New Curator

It takes a special person to preserve Morton Grove’s historical artifacts, records and buildings. Working with history can be a delicate process and the Morton Grove Historical Museum has just the right person for the job.

Earlier this month the historical museum welcomed their new assistant curator, Tim Mayse-Lillig.

Mayse-Lillig is a native to the Chicago area after growing up in Lombard and is very familiar with history. He’s worked in museums for the past 10 years and has always had a love for the past.

“I’ve always really enjoyed the variety of activities that you do in museum work,” Mayse-Lillig said. “Working behind the scenes, putting up exhibits, things like that.”

He began working at the Morton Grove Historical Museum in August and he’s also worked at the Kohl Children’s Museum in Glenview as well as the Chicago History Museum.

Although he’s only been working in Morton Grove for a few weeks, Mayse-Lillig has been busy cataloging objects within the museum and working on a , which will be open to the public at the end of September.

He’s looking forward to the exhibit and working with Morton Grove on new projects in the future.

“I think there’s a very strong community involvement with the museum and the park district and the historical society,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it.”