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The McLean County Museum of History is an AAM accredited [1] institution located in Bloomington, Illinois. It is the principal asset of the McLean County Historical Society, an Illinois nonprofit organization, which was founded in 1892 to study local history. The Museum moved into its current location in 1991.
Illinois Museum of Natural History, campus of Illinois State University, Old Main building, from 1857-1877 Korean War National Museum , Sangamon, closed in 2017, collections transferred to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum [ 82 ]
The home is located at 803 W. Monroe St., Bloomington, Illinois. Patrick H. Morrissey (1862–1916) headed the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen from 1895 to 1909. The son of Chicago & Alton Railroad section foreman John Morrissey and his wife Mary, Morrissey grew up on Bloomington's west side near the railroad yards.
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In 2002 McLean County approved $1.2 million for renovation following a historic structures report. [5] Other funding came through a Public Museum Capital Grant from the Illinois State Museum, a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [6] The project included restoration of the 100-year-old courthouse dome.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum: St. Petersburg: Florida: 2006 [57] DuSable Museum of African American History: Chicago: Illinois: 1960 [20] Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum: Pocahontas: Arkansas: 2001 [58] Ely Educational Museum: Pompano Beach: Florida: 2000 [59] Evansville African American Museum Evansville: Indiana ...
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [ 5 ] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area . [ 6 ]
The David Davis Mansion, also known as Clover Lawn, is a Gilded Age home in Bloomington, Illinois that was the residence of David Davis, Supreme Court justice (1862–1877) and U.S. Senator from Illinois. The mansion has been a state museum since 1960. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was designated a ...