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Places of the Past (IAAA)

 

 

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>List of Organizations and Institutions in Illinois that are considered 'Places of Interest'.
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    09/13/2008 latest update
     
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    Contact Information for 'Places of Interest'

     

  • Art Institute of Chicago

    Location

    The Art Institute of Chicago,
    Michigan Avenue,
    Chicago, Illinois

    Further Information

    http://www.artic.edu/aic/


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    Beloit College

    Logan Museum of Anthropology
    700 College Street
    Beloit, Wisconsin, 53511

    Contact:

    Sara Pfannkuche, 815-543-9459 or sara@pfannkuche.com

     

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    Briscoe Mounds

    Location: Front Street, Channahon, IL (I-55 Bluff Road exit, then south via the frontage road towards Channahon)

    Event

    No specific event.  This late prehistoric mound and village site, situated along the western side of the Des Plaines River, is affiliated with the Langford tradition of the Upper Mississippian, dating to around A.D. 1200-1500. Preservation of the site, owned by the State of Illinois, is crucial.

    Contact

    http://www.channahonpark.org/

     

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    Event:

    Plus: Tour excavation areas, listen to a storyteller, watch a film on Cahokia Mounds, throw spears with an atlatl, play the chunkey game, discover legends of the past.

    Food and refreshments sponsored by Cahokia Archaeological Society and Eckert's Country Store, Resturant and Garden Center with support from the Cahokia Mounds Volunteers, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and Cahokia Mounds Museum Society.

    Location

    Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is just eight miles from downtown St. Louis, Missouri in Collinsville, Illinois off Interstates 55/70 and 255 and Illinois Route 111 on Collinsville Road.

    Contact

    http://www.cahokiamounds.com

    Bill Iseminger, cahokiamounds@ezl.com

    Phone: 618-346-5161

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    Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter
     
    Contact
            Mr. Lynn Stephens, President

    Central Wabash Archaeology Chapter

            10531 East 500th Avenue

    Robinson, IL  62454

    Phone:
    618-546-1180
    Email:
    3278@frsb.net
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    North Shore of Arsenal Island
    Rock Island, IL
    (309) 764-8590

    www.davenporthouse.org

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    Dickson Mounds Museum

    http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/

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    Location:

    Downers Grove Park District Museum
    831 Maple Avenue
    Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

    Contact:

    Robert Stelton, 630-739-7255.

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    Early American Museum

    Location

    Early American Museum
    600 North Lombard St.
    Route 47
    Mahomet IL 61853
    Contact:
    Barbara Oehlschlaeger-Garvey
    Curator
    Early American Museum
    600 N. Lombard, Route 47
    Mahomet, IL 61853
    217-586-2612
    FAX 217-586-3491
    early@earlyamericanmuseum.org
    www.earlyamericanmuseum.org

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    East Central Illinois Archaeological Society

    Contact:

    Brenda Beck
    President, East Central Illinois Archaeological Society
    3002 East Oaks Road
    Urbana, Illinois, 61802

    Whatsunderneath@aol.com

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    Location

    Fairview Heights Public Library
    10017 Bunkum Rd
    Fairview Heights, IL

    Contact

    Deborah Owen
    Director
    Fairview Heights Public Library
    10017 Bunkum Rd
    Fairview Heights, IL 62208-1703
    Phone: 618 489-2070
    Fax: 618 489-2079
    Email: debbieo@lcls.org

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    Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor

    Event

    No specific event.  Portions of the canal, lift locks, aqueducts and dams affiliated with the 97 mile long canal, completed in 1848. The canal was vital in the development of Chicago as a commercial and industrial center which led to explosive growth in northeastern Illinois.

    Contact

    Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
    402 Ottawa Street (Visitor Center)
    Morris, IL  60450
    815-942-0796
     
    www.canalcor.org
            http://imcanal.lewisu.edu
    http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/main.htm

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    Illinois State Museum

    Location

    Illinois State Museum
    502 S. Spring Street (corner of Spring and Edwards Streets)
    Springfield, IL
     
    Contact:
    For more information, please call Jennifer Kuehner at 217-782-5993. TTY 217-782-9175. The Museum is located at 502 S. Spring St. (the corner of Spring and Edwards Streets) in Springfield, and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Parking is available nearby, and the building is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
    education@museum.state.il.us

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    Illinois Waterway Visitor Center.

    Location

    Illinois Waterway Visitor Center at Starved Rock Lock and Dam
    950 N. 27th Road
    Ottawa, IL 61350
     
    Contact:
    Kathy Higdon
    Park Ranger
    US Army Corps of Engineers
    Illinois Waterway Visitor Center
    950 N. 27th Road
    Ottawa, IL 61350
    815-667-4054
    FAX 815-667-5954
    Kathy.L.Higdon@mvr02.usace.army.mil

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    Joliet Iron Works Historic Site

    Time: 8am-8pm everyday

    Location:

    Columbia Street, just east of Rte. 53 (Scott St.) and
    east of the Ruby St. Bridge, Joliet, IL 
    815-727-8700

    Event

    No specific event.  Archaeological investigations at this important industrial site, acquired by the Forest Preserve District of Will County in the 1990s, showed that the foundations of the 19th-century blast furnaces and related facilities are still present. This site has a 1 mile self guided tour through exhibits explaining the iron making process and the people who worked there. It is also the access point for the 11.4 mile I & M Canal Trail.

    Contact:  www.fpdwc.org/ironworks.cfm

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    The Kankakee County Museum

    www.kankakeecountymuseum.com

    Location

    801 South Eighth Avenue
    Kankakee, IL 60901

    Contact: 815-932-5279 or email museum@daily-journal.com

    Exhibit: Permanent exhibit featuring Paleo-Indian to Historic artifacts from the Kankakee area with a focus on the nearby Windrose site.

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    Location

    Lewis and Clark State Historic Site
    1 Lewis and Clark Trail
    Hartford, IL

    For more information, please call:

    Cindy Upchurch, Asst. Site Director, (618)251-5811

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    Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site

    Location

    Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site
    RR1
    Box 244a
    Petersburg, IL
    618-632-4000
     
    http://www.lincolnsnewsalem.com/

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    Logan Museum of Anthropology

    Location:

    Logan Museum of Anthropology
    700 College Street
    Beloit, Wisconsin, 53511

    The Logan Museum of Anthropology, founded in 1893, is located on the Beloit College campus, six blocks from the Illinois state line in Beloit, Wisconsin. The Logan Museum sponsors a regular series of public programs as well as changing and permanent exhibits. For a calendar of events and exhibits, please see

    Logan Museum of Anthropology

    Contact:   Karla Wheeler, Curator of Education

    608-363-2678 or wheelerk@beloit.edu

  • McLean County Museum of History

     

    McLean County Historical Society

    200 N. Main Street

    Bloomington IL  61701.

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    Midewin National TallGrass Prairie

    http://www.fs.fed.us/mntp/

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    Missouri Historical Society

    Location: Corner of Lindell and DeBaliviere, Southwestern Bell Room, Missouri History Museum Forest Park, St. Louis, MO.

    Contact:

    Barney Bradshaw, Special Events Coordinator, Missouri Historical Society. 314-454-3135.

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    Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

    Contact:

    Janice Klein
    Director
    Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
    Phone: 847 492-8520
    Fax: 847 475-0911
    Email: jklein@kendall.edu
    www.mitchellmuseum.org

     

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    Northern Illinois University Anthroplogy Museum

    http://www.niu.edu/anthro_museum/

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    Oakwood Mound

    Location:

    Oakwood Cemetery, opposite the intersection of Walnut Street and U.S. 30, Joliet, Illinois

    Event

    No specific event.  This low, broad burial mound is located in Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, opposite the intersection of Walnut Street and U.S. 30. The Woodland period mound may be a little older than the Briscoe Mound.

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    Location

    O'Fallon Public Library
    120 Civic Plaza
    O'Fallon, IL, 62269

    Contact

    Phone: 618-632-3783

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    Old House Society

    Location: Old House Society Education Center, 904 N. Linden Street, Bloomington, Illinois, 61701.

    Event: Archaeological Investigations at te 1882 Charles E. Cantine Home Site. Beginning September 2005 and lasting 1 to 2 years, we will be excavating areas of interest throughout the yard including well, privy, cistern, and several small structures which may include a carriage house or small barn.

    Contact:

  • director@oldhousesociety.org
  • www.oldhousesociety.org
     

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    Oriental Institute

    University of Chicago
    1155 East 58th Street
    Chicago, IL  60637
    773-702-9507

    CONTACT Information : Carole Krucoff

    Museum Education Department

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    Parkland College


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    Pekin Public Library

    Location: Community Room, Pekin Public Library, 301 S. Fourth Street, Pekin, Illinois, 61554

    Contact:

  • Mary Alyce Hofsess
  • Head of Children's Services
  • 309-347-7111 ext. 224
  • mhofsess@pekin.net
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    Perry Farm

    www.btpd.org

    Vic Johnson and Bob Simpsom, Perry Farm Living History Advisory Committee

    815-933-9905 or vince@btpd.org

     

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  • Quad Cities Archaeological Society

    Meets at the Tom-Tom Room, Blackhawk State Park; 7:30 p.m. the last Tuesday of the month.

    Contact:

    Ferrel Anderson
    1923 E. 13th Street
    Davenport, IA  52803
    (563) 324-0257

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    Quincy Museum

    (www.hannibal.net/visit/quincymuseum/)

    Location:

    1601 Maine St.
    Quincy, IL
    (217) 224-7669

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    Rock Springs Nature Center

    3939 Nearing Lane
    Decatur, IL
    (217) 423-7708

    www.maconcountyconservation.org

     

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    www.fpdcc.com

     

    Location:
    Sand Ridge Nature Center
    15891 Paxton Avenue
    South Holland, Illinois
    708-868-0606

     

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    Sauk Trail Chapter of IAAA

    Location: Powers-Walker House, McHenry County Conservation District, Glacial Park, 6316 Harts Road, Ringwood, Illinois

    Contact:

    Sara Pfannkuche
    President, Sauk Trail
    Chapter
    Sara Pfannkuche, 815-543-9459 or sara@pfannkuche.com

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    Shawnee National Forest

    http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee

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    Somonauk, Illinois Library

    Marilyn Rasmusen

    mrasmusen@prairienet.com

     

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    South Suburban Archaeological Society

    IAAM Exhibit 2008

     

    Contact:

    Bob Nale
    SSAS Archaeological Advisor

    archnale@clickbang.com

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    The African Scientific Research Center

     

    Location

    Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60605

     
    Contact:
    Jihad Muhammad
    Executive Director
    The African Scientific Research Institute
    412 South Peoria St.
    University of Illinois (MC347)
    Chicago, IL 60607
    312-355-3229
    arisymposium@yahoo.com
    jihadm@uic.edu
     
    www.uic.edu/orgs/asri
     

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  • The New Philadelphia Archaeology Project and Field School

    Contact:

    Chris Fennell
    cfennell@uiuc
     

     

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    Rock Island Clock Tower

     
    Contact:
    Ron Deiss,

    ronald.w.deiss@mvr02.usace.army.mil

    http://rockislandpreservation.org/postcards/clocktower.html

     

     

    Rock Island Clock Tower

     
    Contact:
    Ron Deiss,

    ronald.w.deiss@mvr02.usace.army.mil

     

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  •  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville