about us - Berwyn Rt66 Museum

Our Mission
The mission of the Berwyn Rt66 Museum is to discover, present and preserve the history and culture of Route 66 as it passes through Berwyn Il.

Our History
The original Berwyn Rt 66 Museum was a display of memorabilia and artifacts gathered by Larry Ohler of the Berwyn Preservation of Historic Route 66. (This is the group that has directed the outstanding Berwyn Route 66 Car Show since 1990.) Larry set up the museum in the then Skylite Restaurant near Ogden and Ridgeland in 1994. Although a modest affair, two display cases in a hallway, it was Berwyn's first Museum.
When the Skylite changed hands and became the Skyview, the museum had to find a new location. Graciously, Bob Anderson Jr.of Anderson Ford provided the museum with a home in his newly remodeled showroom. Bob added memorabilia for sale and enhanced the museum's collection. Sadly, Anderson Ford closed in 2009, leaving the museum without a home.
SWF Products of Berwyn offered to store the collection and began to rearrange office and production space to bring the museum back. Today the Berwyn Rt66 Museum has it's own front door. a modest gallery, a small dedicated staff, regular hours and an ever increasing collection of memorabilia and information about the history of Berwyn's Rt 66.

Our Staff
Jon Fey . . Executive Director
Shannon Schilaci . . Curator
Myles Slaughter . . Research
Lia Benson . . Design

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