Art Museum
Illinois State Museum
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Illinois State Museum is an art museum in Illinois, United States.
About Illinois State Museum
The Illinois State Museum features the life, land, people and art of the State of Illinois. In addition to natural history exhibits, the main museum in Springfield focuses on the state's cultural and artistic heritage. Exhibits include local fossils and mining, household displays from different historic periods, dioramas of Native American life, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, and a collection of glass paperweights.
The headquarters museum is located on Spring and Edwards Streets, one block southwest of the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield. There are three satellite locations: Dickson Mounds in Lewistown, the Lockport Gallery in Lockport, and the ISM's Research and Collections Center in Springfield.
Illinois State Museum by the numbers
- Founded
- 1877
Plan your visit
Illinois State Museum
- Website
- www.museum.state.il.us
Museums near Illinois State Museum
- Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, United States
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- Art Museum Flint Institute of Arts Flint, United States
- Art Museum Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, United States
- Art Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, United States
