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Joliet museum president and former Rialto director highlights Route 66 visitorship and revival fundraisers

Richard Fredericksen Show (JCTV) · December 29, 2025
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Lynn Lichtenauer, new president of the Joliet Area Historical Museum and former Rialto executive director, discussed museum exhibits, international Route 66 visitors, and plans to revive the Ovation fundraiser to build the Rialto endowment.

Lynn Lichtenauer, introduced on JCTV as a Joliet native and long‑time civic volunteer, described her role as president of the Joliet Area Historical Museum and recounted work raising funds and programming for the Rialto Square Theater.

Lichtenauer said she served as Rialto group-sales coordinator and was named executive director in 1988. She described building the theater’s arts-and-education student-matinee program,…

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