Prairie Land Heritage Museum Institute is a non-profit educational organization open to folks of all ages interested in preserving our heritage, an...
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The Candlelight Walk offers the only opportunity to see the village at night. Period clothed interpreters will be inside many of the log homes and ...
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Dickson Mounds Museum, a branch of the Illinois State Museum and a National Historic Site, is one of the major on-site archaeological museums in th...
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About Us:The Spoon River became nationally known from the work of Edgar Lee Masters, the author of the noted Spoon River Anthology. The home of Mas...
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In early 2000, the Springfield Park District recognized the growing popularity of skate parks and the lack of a public skate park facility within t...
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The Springfield Park District's Washington Park Botanical Garden is a place for enjoyment and education. The Garden provides a scene of tranquility...
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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine ranks as one of the fortunate few medical schools to have a history museum on its campus. Since its...
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Mission StatementThe Illinois State Museum promotes discovery, lifelong learning, and stewardship of the natural and cultural heritage of Illinois....
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History:Building a world-class center devoted to Abraham Lincoln took almost four times as long as the Civil War that defined his presidency. But t...
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History:The Springfield Theatre Guild incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in 1947.From that time on — through performances in many ...
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Lincoln's home in downtown Springfield has proved irresistible to visitors since it first opened to the public in 1887. Constructed in 1839 and bea...
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During the week, the ramp is open most weekday evenings.
On the weekends, the ramp is open afternoons and evenings.
The cost is $10 per person.&n...
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In 1869, Justice of the Peace, L. B. Adams purchased a home and surrounding acreage in Springfield, Illinois, from Rev. Simeon W. Harkey, President...
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The Garden represents the landscape Abraham Lincoln would have known growing up and living in the Midwest, containing plants native to the three st...
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The Henson Robinson Zoo began as just a dream of a prominent Springfield citizen by the name of Henson C. Robinson. In 1967, a tract of land was do...
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1st Floor Tillman Hall, Western Illinois University,
Macomb, IL
Founded in 1975, the Museum of Geology is an arm of Western Illinois University's Department of Geology. Originally conceived as a learning resourc...
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There is a place located in the heart of America, sometimes referred to as The Heart of America. It represents four centuries of history and herita...
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