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Current Exhibits
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- Changes: Dynamic Illinois Environments
- Did you know that Illinois was once located south of the Equator? Or that Illinois was once a tropical sea teeming with marine life? Ever wonder what life was like in Illinois millions of years ago? Changes: Dynamic Illinois Environments allows visitors to travel into the past to see how Illinois has changed and how it continues to change today. Find out more ...
- At Home in the Heartland
- Listen to the stories of real people who lived in Illinois. Immerse yourself in the dramatic changes in household life over the past 300 years. Find out more ...
- Peoples of the Past
- Life-sized dioramas and finely crafted artifacts bring to life Illinois' rich Native American heritage. Find out more ...
- Anthropology Exhibit
- These case exhibits focus on archaeological and ethnographic topics and artifacts such as Native American pottery, basketry, weavings, weapons, and tools. Find out more ...
- The Morton D. Barker Paperweight Collection
Over the course of twenty years, Morton D. Barker (1888-1967) of Springfield, Illinois, amassed a large and prestigious collection of paperweights, most of which were created in post-Napoleonic era France. Find out more ...
- The Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum
- “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw Find out more ...
- Luminous Ground: Artists With Histories -- May 20, 2012 to January 06, 2013
The exhibit Luminous Ground: Artists With Histories, cited in the top ten shows of the year by both New City and Time-Out Chicago, explores outstanding work by older Illinois artists. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the Illinois State Museum, Springfield from May 20, 2012 to January 06, 2013 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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Illinois State Museum, Springfield...
The next changing exhibit has not yet been scheduled, please check back.
- The River Valley Gallery
- The River Valley Gallery explores the character of the Illinois River and traces the interaction between the river and the people who lived along it from the end of the Ice Age to the present day. Find out more ...
- People of the Valley
- People of the Valley portrays a sequence of cultures -- from Ice-Age hunters to the tribal groups that left Illinois in the 19th century -- through artifacts, murals, photographs, and exciting hands-on exhibits. Find out more ...
- Reflections on Three Worlds
- Reflections on Three Worlds reveals the world of Mississippian people whose 800-year-old sites surround the museum today. The exhibits depict the complex life and culture of these people, trace in detail the evidence of archaeology, and lead to a spectacular multimedia event that takes one through a kaleidoscope of sights, sounds, symbols, music and voices of the three worlds of Mississippian belief.rn Find out more ...
- Eveland Village
- The Museum Grounds - 230 acres that include a scenic picnic area and playground, and the Eveland Village, where the excavated remains of three early Indian buildings are preserved for viewing. Find out more ...
- From Humble Beginnings: Lincoln's Illinois 1830-1861 -- January 01, 2012 to September 30, 2013
- To commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth the Illinois State Museum presents a captivating perspective of the Illinois Lincoln called home through objects and stories of the people who lived here. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the ISM Dickson Mounds Museum from January 01, 2012 to September 30, 2013 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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ISM Dickson Mounds Museum...
The next changing exhibit has not yet been scheduled, please check back. The transitional exhibits are being changed, check back for exhibits coming soon to the ISM Lockport Gallery
- Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection -- Opening October 30, 2012
This exhibition brings together historical and contemporary artwork of more than fifty artists that emphasizes the power and the range of the narrative and expressive figure in Midwest art. Find out more ...
Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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- On & Of Paper: Selections from the Illinois State Museum Collection -- August 13, 2012 to January 27, 2013
A presentation of the uses of paper as an art medium in its many forms: drawing, painting, prints, photography, construction, and sculpture. Every object is either ON paper or OF paper. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center from August 13, 2012 to January 27, 2013 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center...
- When Nature Talks -- Opening October 20, 2012
Artisans Member Gallery Exhibition — October 20, 2012 - March 10, 2013
Using nature as a guide, six Illinois artisans will bring the outside world inside. Find out more ...
Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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- Fragile Relations: Art, Nature and Environment -- October 02, 2012 to February 08, 2013
Fragile Relations: Art, Nature and Environment highlights the work of thirteen Illinois artists who focus on issues relating to the environment both external and internal. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the ISM Chicago Gallery from October 02, 2012 to February 08, 2013 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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ISM Chicago Gallery...
The next changing exhibit has not yet been scheduled, please check back.
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