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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.
Mariners' Museum and Park, the official National Maritime Museum Y Virginia: Norfolk: Hampton Roads Naval Museum: Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine: Y Virginia: Portsmouth: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum: Y Virginia: Quantico: National Museum of the Marine Corps: Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine: Virginia: Reedville
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 ...
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located in Springfield, Illinois, in the historic downtown section, near many other Lincoln cultural sites. The presidential library opened on October 14, 2004, and the museum opened on April 19, 2005. Until 1970, Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. was designated as the "Lincoln Museum".
IL 4 south (Veterans Parkway) / J. David Jones Parkway – Chatham, Springfield, Illinois State Military Museum: South end of IL 4 overlap 56.3: 90.6: IL 123 east to I-55 – Williamsville: South end of IL 123 overlap: Menard 62.1: 99.9: IL 123 west – Petersburg, Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site: North end of IL 123 overlap: Mason 76.4 ...
McHenry County Historical Society & Museum Union: Illinois: 2007 [a] Has a car piloted by 1952 Woodstock, Illinois Champion Peter Perkins, [125] who is a life member of the museum. [126] On exhibit Memory Lane Museum Mooresville: North Carolina: Current Has twenty-one vintage Derby cars in their collection. [127]
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Cahokia Mounds Archaeological Collection, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL ($55,000) Edward E. Ayer American Indian History Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL ($125,000) John J. Glessner House , Chicago, IL ($250,000)