Daring Dreams of the Future: Slovenian Mass Migrations - at the Museum

Daring Dreams of the Future: Slovenian Mass Migrations 1870–1945 - Author Talk at the Joliet Area Historical Museum on Saturday, April 27th at 2pm

Admission: $5 for General Public / Free for Museum Members - Register & Info: www.jolietmuseum.org or call (815) 723-520

Bonus: Advanced registration for this program provides you with free admission to the newly opened Martin & Emma Planinsek Grocery & Meat Market Museum (Hours: Friday & Saturday 10am-4pm) located at 1314 Elizabeth Street, Joliet on the day of the Author Talk program.

A new book on Slovenian communities around the world has just been published in English. Daring Dreams of the Future: Slovenian Mass Migrations 1870–1945, tells how nearly a half million Slovenians left their homeland to build new lives for themselves and their families and create Slovenian cultural scenes wherever they settled.

Dr. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, is speaking across the U. S. to present this new book on Slovenians. She is one of Slovenia’s leading researchers about Slovenian-Americans and their achievements. The stories she shares are of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about why so many European emigrants chose to leave their homeland and establish themselves in this country.