Museum Conversations: Jonah Rosenberg of Arader Galleries

Did you know that Peoria, Illinois was on colonial-era maps before the United States was an independent nation?
Join us and learn about the cartography of our country with:
"Museum Conversations: Jonah Rosenberg of Arader Galleries"
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 | Doors open at 5:30 p.m., Conversation begins at 6 p.m.
Get tickets on our website today: RiverfrontMuseum.org
Join us for a special conversation in the Giant Screen Theater with antiquarian bookseller and professor of art and history Jonah Rosenberg.
Rosenberg, the Head of Rare Books at Arader Galleries has a dozen years' experience and holds an A.B. in Classics from Brown and a D.Phil in Classical Archeaology from Oxford. Now, he'll be visiting Peoria to discuss some of the historical maps in current exhibition The Promise of Liberty .
These maps include the 1755 Mitchell Map, the most comprehensive map of eastern North America made during the colonial era.
"The Promise of Liberty" is sponsored by the Gilmore Foundation, Ashley and Josh Bellamy, McKinnon Family Foundation, America 250 Donors, Visionary Society, Friends of History