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This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Illinois State Museum was founded on May 25, 1877, as a showcase within the sixth Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, which was completed at that time. Amos Henry Worthen was first curator. As the state's government grew, the museum collection was moved from the Capitol Building to the newly constructed Centennial Building, now known as ...
Bounded roughly by Harlem Ave., Division, Clyde, and Lake Sts.; also roughly bounded by Division St. on the north, Cuyler Ave. on the east, Lake St. on the south, and Harlem Ave. on the west 41°53′37″N 87°47′32″W / 41.893611°N 87.792222°W / 41.893611; -87.792222 ( Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture ...
From 1876 until 1966, the Old State Capitol was the county courthouse of Sangamon County.During this time the building was extensively altered. In 1839, a two-floor building had been large enough to hold the entire governmental structure of Illinois; but after continued growth in the population of Springfield and the surrounding townships, in 1898-1899 Sangamon County raised the historic ...
The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum is starting the search for their next executive director, following first director Nalo Mitchell’s resignation from the ...
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
By 1924, IL 4 was almost entirely paved between Chicago and St. Louis. [4] Construction on the few remaining parts of US 66 in Illinois began in 1926. By the 1930s, US 66 extended from Chicago through Springfield to St. Louis; much of the original pavement was still in use by the early 1940.
A vase found in the kitchen cabinet of a well-known Cincinnati couple sold in a Chicago auction Tuesday for nearly $445,000. ... in their Indian ... He and his wife donated more than 3,000 objects ...