Brown Bag series in Geneva

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Geneva History Museum, 113 S. Third St., continues its Fall Brown Bag series with “To Iceland! And Beyond!” at noon Tuesday, Oct. 10.

Dave Barrows, Friends of the Viking ship docent, will discuss how Vikings Leif and Erick Erikson settled islands in North America before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492.

Leif Erikson was the son of Erik the Red, founder of the first European settlement on what is now called Greenland. Leif Erickson is generally believed to be the first European to reach the North American continent.

The Brown Bag series concludes with “Winter Life in Viking Times” at noon Tuesday, Nov. 14. Dave Nordin, vice president, Friends of the Viking ship, will speak.

The public is invited. Admission is free for museum members, $5 for others. Reservations are recommended. Call (630) 232-4951.

—Geneva History Museum

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