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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.
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.
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 holiday edition of Monroe County History Center's garage sale is this weekend. So is the Artisans Guild potter's, glass and spinner, weavers show. This weekend in Bloomington: Adult skate ...
Bloomington School District 87, often shortened to District 87, is a school district in Bloomington, Illinois. The district has six elementary schools, a junior high school, and a high school as well as a vocational school and an early education (PreK) school. In the 2014–2015 school year District 87 had 5615 total students and 703 employees.
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.
The Illinois Museum of Natural History was founded as the Museum of the Illinois State Natural History Society at the Illinois Normal School, Bloomington, Illinois, in 1858. The museum operated until 1877 on the third floor of what became Illinois State University Old Main building (which was razed in 1958). [1]
Miller Park Collection, McLean County Museum of History 40°28′04″N 89°00′17″W / 40.46778°N 89.00472°W / 40.46778; -89 This McLean County, Illinois location article is a stub .