Search results
QandA: Heather Miller, Illinois State Museum Director of Tribal Relations
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Illinois State Museum has hired Heather Miller (Wyandotte Nation) to fill a new leadership role...
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, director of Illinois State Museum, passes away
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCinnamon Catlin-Legutko, who headed the Illinois State Museum since 2019, died Saturday, according...
'It starts with our itty-bitty ones': Illinois state museum observes pride month with kids
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Illinois State Museum began its Pride month celebration on Thursday with a free event designed...
Cassette tapes, parachute pants on display in Illinois State Museum Gen X exhibit
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCultural keepsakes from the lifetime of Generation X can now be seen through an exhibit at the...
Illinois State Museum’s return of sacred statues to Kenya part of ongoing reexamination of cultural...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCurators at the Illinois State Museum say they don’t know exactly how 38 wooden sculptures made their way from Kenya to Springfield. But the leading theory is that the move wasn’t aboveboard ...
IL State Museum exhibit on Gen X gets two awards
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — An exhibit at the Illinois State Museum about Generation X recently received two awards from the state’s top museum...
First Black grad of Lincoln College School of Law was hired as Illinois State Museum janitor
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBy one measurement, Robert Preston Taylor goes into history as the first African-American graduate...
Illinois State Museum director gets call from Route 66 centennial commission
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCinnamon Catlin-Legutko, the director of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, has been...
Violins that survived the Holocaust to be played, exhibited at Illinois State Museum
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSix violins played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust will be on display in...
One Central Illinois museum covers up Native American exhibits after new federal rule changes take...
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – When you walk inside the Illinois State Museum, you can see all kinds of exhibits connected to the state. But some are covered up with a note reading, “Objects are ...