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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.
The McLean County Museum of History traces its roots back to 1892, the year the McLean County Historical Society was founded. Housed inside the old McLean County Courthouse, the museum features permanent and rotating exhibits that explore the history of Central Illinois. This location is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [48]
The site is on the National Register of Historic Places and encompasses the old McLean County Courthouse and the courthouse-facing sides of three downtown blocks. All 4 floors of the building are now occupied by the McLean County Museum of History for exhibits, collections storage, and offices. The historic buildings at the other side of the ...
The home was built in 1829 by John Patton, an early settler of McLean County. Patton, who was originally from Switzerland County, Indiana, came to a Kickapoo village in the area; he built his cabin with the tribe's assistance three months after his arrival. After McLean County was incorporated in 1831, the cabin became one of its first polling ...
Operated by the Vermilion County Museum Society: Homepage: LaSalle County Museum: Utica: LaSalle: Northern Illinois: Open air: Includes local history museum with Native American and period displays, barn with agriculture equipment, school and blacksmith shop: Homepage: Latvian Folk Art Museum: Chicago: Cook: Chicago area: Ethnic
Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty ImagesDuring Prohibition, enforcing the nation’s liquor ban was a game of cat and mouse. Smugglers, speakeasies, and ...
McLean County History & Genealogy Museum: Calhoun: McLean: Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region: Local history: website, housed in the old railroad station Mill Springs Battlefield Visitors Center and Museum: Nancy: Pulaski: South Central Kentucky: Civil War: Commemorates the January 1862 Battle of Mill Springs Morgan County History Museum: West ...
The home he built in 1890 at 419 E. Jefferson is on the National Register of Historic Places and since 1997 has been the John G. Riley Center/African American Museum of History and Culture. (Feb ...