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  Events, ISM Springfield   

Super Saturday: North in the Night: The Underground Railroad
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, February 04, 2017, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Learn about the Underground Railroad and slavery in Illinois through activities, crafts, stories, and displays.

Super Saturdays offer free, thematic activities recommended for children ages 5 and up on the first Saturday of each month. Find out more ...


Brown Bag Lecture: Africa: Animals and Issues
ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Richard Leary, ISM Geology Curator Emeritus, recently traveled on "safari" to southern Africa, visiting Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Find out more ...


Paul Mickey Science Series: The Archaeology of Racial Hatred: Springfield, Illinois
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Presentation by Floyd Mansberger, Fever River Research

Free & open to the public

Illinois State Museum Auditorium

On the evening of August 14, 1908, racial tensions in Springfield ignited, in part due to the allegations of a white woman (which were later recanted), that she had been assaulted by a black man. Find out more ...


Please note that event dates are subject to change.
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  Events on Thursday, February 02, 2017, Dickson Mounds   

Tot Time: Ancient Elephants
ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Thursday, February 02, 2017, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Discover the differences between the Ice Age creatures, mammoths and mastadons, that once roamed Illinois. Find out more ...


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  Events, Dickson Mounds   

Tot Time: Ancient Elephants
ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Thursday, February 02, 2017, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Discover the differences between the Ice Age creatures, mammoths and mastadons, that once roamed Illinois. Find out more ...


Eagle Day Festival
ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, February 04, 2017, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

The Emiquon Partners and local agencies are pleased to host this popular event.

Eagle Day Gives Bird’s Eye View of American Icon with Live Birds of Prey

Communities, conservation, research and animal groups plan day-long festivities 

*LEWISTOWN, IL --* Family-friendly Eagle Day events are planned at various locations throughout the day in Fulton and Mason County on, Saturday February 4, 2017.  Admission is free at all of the events.

*Havana, IL:*  World Bird Sanctuary presents “Raptor Awareness,” at the Havana Park District Gym, 127 E. Find out more ...


Illinois Valley Archaeological Society Lecture
ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

"From Mammoths to Maize: Plants and Native American Cultural Evolution in the Midwest"

The Illinois Valley Archaeological Society (IVAS) will meet Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Dickson Mounds Museum beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Featured speaker will be Dr. Find out more ...


ENTICE Workshop: Introducing Early Childhood Students to Nature
ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 09, 2017, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

You can make a lifelong difference with your early childhood students by introducing them to the wonders of the natural world! Find out more ...


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  Events, ISM Lockport   

Sketchbook Sunday
ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, February 05, 2017, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Work on your drawings and scientific illustrations with specimens from the ISM Zoology Collections currently on exhibition. Find out more ...


Please note that event dates are subject to change.
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