The Museum features a wide variety of artifacts, ranging from the prehistoric to the historic, representing more than 150 years of Rockford history. It also houses the largest collections of research and genealogical material in northern Kent County, pertinent to people, places and things of the past. In addition the Society began recording regular meeting programs for review in the museum. Rescent programming avilable for listening in the musem include:

September 1, 2005: Chuck Hyde, Hyde Family/Corner Bar
October 6, 2005: Clarence, Rodd & Neil Blakslee, Blakeslee History & More
November 3, 2005: Helen Hessler, Rockford, As I Saw It
January 5, 2006: Brett Bakita, The Roll of Media in Sports in the 21st Century
February 2, 2006: Susie Fair/Fred Gave, Ghost town of Childsdale & Paper Mill
March 2, 2006: George Lessens, Tools of the TV Meteorologist
April 6, 2006: Jack Bolt/Jo Bunn, Historical Society Early Days & Appraisals by Joan

Museum Wishlist

• Museum Expansion
• Abstracts of Title of historic Rockford Properties
• Kent County plat books: 1894, 1919, 1939, 1951, and 1955
• Laphamville Courier newspaper
• Male Adult Mannequins
• Dial Telephone circa 1920s to 1940s
• Postcards of Rockford
• Rockford Yearbooks - 1978 & 2000