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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 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 Dickson Mounds Museum is a museum erected on the site in 1972 by the U.S. state of Illinois; it describes the life cycles and culture of Native Americans living in the Illinois River valley over a period of 12,000 years since the last ice age. The museum is part of the Illinois State Museum system. [5]
It is a unique exhibit for the museum because it is primarily an art exhibit, but it also touches on history and tells the story of a prominent artist from the state. Hunt died last December at ...
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The Illinois State Museum said the statues were removed from Mijikenda villages and sacred sites in the 1980s, acquired by art collectors and later transferred to the museum a.
the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Second City comedy troupe, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Near North Side; the Garfield Park Conservatory; and Pilsen's National Museum of Mexican Art. In addition, the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Block Museum of Art, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Morton Arboretum are in near suburbs.