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- Brownbag Lectures: Photography in the Wild
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presented by Meredith Mahoney, Assistant Curator of Zoology, Illinois State Museum
Dr. Mahoney will talk about nature and macro photography. Find out more ...
- Brownbag Lectures: The Falkland Islands - A Photographer's Paradise
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Falkland Islands are one of the last places on earth to experience Antarctic and Subantarctic wildlife up close and personal. Find out more ...
- Welcome Back! Celebration
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, July 02, 2016, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Event free with Museum admission: $5 for adults. Children 0-18, Seniors 65+, and military & veterans free.
Join us at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield as we welcome the visitors back. Find out more ...
- Research & Collections Center Behind-the-Scenes Tour
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Saturday, July 30, 2016, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Illinois State Museum Research & Collections Center is home to the Museum's collection of about 14 million objects. Find out more ...
Fee: Free with advanced registration.
- Brown Bag Lecture: The Terracotta Army of Qin Shihuang
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The ISM Brown Bag Lecture series is returning once a month on the third Wednesday.
The Terracotta Army of Qin Shihuang Presented by Dr. Find out more ...
- Celebration of Play Family Event
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, September 24, 2016, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free with Museum admission
Play is a wonderful way to learn. Find out more ...
- Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live!
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, September 24, 2016, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
On September 24, the Museum is participating in Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live event. Visitors can print or download two free adult admission tickets by visiting https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-live-2016/tickets/​. Find out more ...
- Brown Bag Lecture: A Program of 19th-Century Parlor Music
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Springfield music ensemble Wild Columbine will be presenting a program of 19th-Century parlor music.
Wild Columbine consists of Megan Turner, Sally McDaniel-Smith, and William Furry, performing 19th-century parlor music, Civil War-era songs, and art songs on violin, flute, guitar, and concertina. Find out more ...
- Brown Bag Lecture Series
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tracy Evans, Illinois State Museum Research Associate, will present "Impact of Land Management Techniques on Invertebrates: Summary of PhD Research."
This program is part of the ISM Brown Bag Lecture Series. Find out more ...
- Remarkable Raptors Family Event
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, November 19, 2016, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free with admission
Celebrate birds of prey—owls, eagles, falcons, and more! Children will enjoy educational games, activities, and crafts. Find out more ...
- Winter Field Trip to The Field Museum
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Friday, December 02, 2016, 6:30 AM - 10:30 PM
Cost: $130 ISM Society Members, $150 Non-members
Itinerary: Meet at the ISM Research and Collections Center (RCC) at 6:30 a.m. Find out more ...
- Winter Craft Day
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Indulge your creative side at this fun event. Children will make an ornament and experiment with watercolor to make a winter-inspired work of art. Find out more ...
- Super Saturday: Winter Animals
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, January 07, 2017, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free with Museum admission
Learn how animals adapt and change to survive the long, cold winter through games, activities, and crafts. Find out more ...
- Paul Mickey Science Series: The Story of Illinois as Told by Native American Artifacts
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Illinois State Museum Auditorium
On December 3, 2018, Illinois will celebrate the bicentennial of statehood. The Illinois State Museum is beginning a two-year initiative to recount the story of Illinois, not simply the past two centuries, but the vast expanse of the history of this place on the globe through the Museum’s extensive anthropology, art, botany, geology, and zoology collections. Find out more ...
- Brown Bag Lecture: A Quick Look at 3000 Years of Maker Spaces
- ISM Research & Collections Center
Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Maker spaces have increased in popularity in recent years as well-equipped, safe environments for community creativity. Find out more ...
- Mini Maker Faire
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Saturday, January 21, 2017, 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Join us for a celebration of creativity! The Springfield MakerSpace will present a variety of hands-on activities and demonstrations including 3D printing, vinyl cutting, button making, paper quilling, metal stamping and more. Find out more ...
- 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. To confirm dates, please call the appropriate site.
- Paddy & Jon Lynn, Selections from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, September 19 · 2 pm Free, Donations appreciated, All ages
No other literary work from Illinois has ever had the radical impact of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, published in 1915. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: Lil Rev Returns to the Hickory Ridge
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ukulele Master Lil Rev will take the stage at the Hickory Ridge Concert Series on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium of the Dickson Mounds Museum. Find out more ...
Please note that event dates are subject to change. To confirm dates, please call the appropriate site.
- Paddy & Jon Lynn, Selections from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, September 19 · 2 pm Free, Donations appreciated, All ages
No other literary work from Illinois has ever had the radical impact of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, published in 1915. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: Lil Rev Returns to the Hickory Ridge
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ukulele Master Lil Rev will take the stage at the Hickory Ridge Concert Series on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium of the Dickson Mounds Museum. Find out more ...
- Autumn Weekend Knap-In
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 26, 2015 - Sunday, September 27, 2015, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday, September 26 & Sunday, September 27 · 10 am-4 pm Free, Donations appreciated, All ages
The public is welcome to view flint knapping demonstrations during the Museum's Autumn Weekend Knap-In. Find out more ...
- Tot Time: Fun for Tots & their Big People
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Thursday, October 08, 2015, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tot Time will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., at the Lakeside Observatory at The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve. Illinois Natural History Survey, Forbes Biological Station’s Heath Hagy will have live ducks for tots and their caretakers to see and learn about. Find out more ...
- Illinois Valley Archaeological Society Lecture: A Travelers View of the Important Archaeological Site Angkor Wat
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Wednesday, November 04, 2015, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Please Note: Lecture will be held at the Lewistown Visitor Center
Illinois Valley Archaeological Society chapter member, local resident, and world traveler Mike Turk will present a talk on “Angkor Wat” at the chapter’s monthly meeting, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 beginning at 7:00 pm. Find out more ...
- Tot Time: Fun for Tots & their Big People
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Thursday, November 05, 2015, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Dickson Mounds’ Tot Time will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., at the Lewistown Visitor Center. This month’s topic will be Native American Body Art. Find out more ...
- Tot Time: Fun for Tots & their Big People
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Thursday, December 03, 2015, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Dickson Mounds’ Tot Time will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., at the Lewistown Visitor Center. The last Tot Time for 2015 will be “Fun Crafts”. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: NASHVILLE SONGWRITER AT HICKORY RIDGE
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, June 18, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Until further notice this program series will be held at the Lewistown Visitors Center.
Nashville Singer-songwriter Dana Cooper will take the stage this Saturday, June the 18th at the Hickory Ridge Concert Series at the Lewistown Visitor’s Center in Lewiston at 7:00 PM. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: Alaskan Fiddler - Ken Waldman
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, September 17, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Hickory Ridge Concert Series welcomes Alaska's Fiddling Poet Ken Waldman to the Dickson Mounds Museum this Saturday, September the 17th at 7:00 pm. Waldman is an accomplished fiddle player and imaginative composer of new tunes. Find out more ...
- Rendezvous at Spoon River
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, October 08, 2016 - Sunday, October 09, 2016, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Dickson Mounds Museum will host the annual “Rendezvous at Spoon River” – a living history re-enactment, during the Spoon River Scenic Drive weekends. Members of the Mackinaw Valley Longrifles Association will be on hand to teach the public about the lifestyles, survival skills, and rich cultural history of Illinois 18th and 19th century inhabitants.
The public is invited to visit their primitive encampment on the museum grounds and engage in blanket trading and knife-hawk throwing; view demonstrations of wooden spoon carving, fiber arts, and much more. The event is open to the public from 8:30 am - 5:00 p.m. Find out more ...
- Movie Premier: Return to Spoon River
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Sunday, October 09, 2016, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Showings of the film will begin at 1pm and 3pm.
Event Audience: Adult
In April 1915, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters published Spoon River Anthology, the famous collection of poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of people who lived in the fictional town of Spoon River, close to the real Spoon River that ran near Masters’ home. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: New York Duo Returns to Dickson Mounds
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Hickory Ridge Concert Series welcomes back Don Haynie & Sheryl Samuel on Saturday, October the 15th, at 7:00 pm at the Dickson Mounds Museum Auditorium. Over the years, Hayne and Samuelson have been taking their music far & wide across America, playing concerts in an amazing range of venues: From auditoriums and theaters to sidewalks, college campuses, and coffeehouses; from legendary “listening rooms” including Passim in Cambridge, the Fast Folk Cafe in New York, and The Freight & Salvage Company in Berkeley, to honky-tonk roadhouses like The Silver Dollar Saloon in Butte, Montana.
Their instrumentation-- Sheryl’s use of percussion interwoven with Don’s six- and twelve-string guitars-- gives their music a rhythmic drive rarely found in contemporary acoustic music: sometimes working as a compelling “rhythm section” supporting the vocal melodies and harmonies, sometimes lending a delicate accent, and often touching their music with a “world beat” flavor. Don and Sheryl combine upbeat, sometimes drivingly energetic songs with wistful, thoughtful ballads. Haynie’s songwriting is often compared favorably with the greatest, like Bob Dylan and Randy Newman. His songs can make you laugh, cry, or dance as he ranges in topic from the absurdities of modern life (“Chaplain of the Mall”) to the poignance of family (“My Grandmother’s Piano”) to the mysteries of mortality (“When I Cross the Great Divide”).
The Hickory Ridge Concert Series is hosted by singer-songwriter Chris Vallillo. Concerts are held the 3rd Saturday of every month and begin at 7:00 p.m. Find out more ...
- Kid's Day - Drum Circle
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, October 22, 2016, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Have fun drumming and dancing while learning about percussion based music. Recommended for kids 5 years old and up with adult. Find out more ...
- IVAS Lecture: The Archaeology of Dickson Mounds
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Tuesday, November 01, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dr. Alan Harn, Curator Emeritus, Dickson Mounds Museum, will present the talk “The Archaeology of Dickson Mounds” at the Tuesday, November 1, 2016, meeting of the Illinois Valley Archaeological Society. Find out more ...
- Kid's Day - Native American Games
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, November 05, 2016, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Spend an afternoon enjoying a variety of intellectually stimulating and physically challenging Native American games. The event will be held outdoors. In the case of inclement weather, activities will be moved inside the Museum. Recommended for kids 5 years old and up with adult. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: Lee Murdock Returns to Dickson Mounds
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, November 19, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Folksinger Lee Murdock brings back his vivid musical portraits of life on the Great Lakes and inland waterways to the Hickory Ridge Concert Series at Dickson Mounds Museum. Lee’s repertoire combines historical research and contemporary insights to create an anthem to the people who work, live and play along the freshwater highway.
A highly acclaimed fingerstyle guitarist, Lee has a dozen recordings to his name. He has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. Find out more ...
- Kid's Day - Ancient Art in Illinois
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, December 03, 2016, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Discover the variety of art people created long ago. Enjoy hands-on activities and crafts to take home. Recommended for kids 5 years old and up with adult. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: Bluegrass at Hickory Ridge
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, December 17, 2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Hickory Ridge Concert Series welcomes the Burr Oak String Band to their stage this Saturday, December 17th at 7:00 pm at the Dickson Mounds Museum outside of Lewistown, IL. Find out more ...
- Hickory Ridge Concert Series: Autoharp Master at Hickory Ridge
- ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
Saturday, January 21, 2017, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
On Saturday, January the 21st, the undisputed master of the autoharp, Bryan Bowers, will perform at the Hickory Ridge Concert Series in the auditorium of the Dickson Mounds Museum at 7:00 PM. Bryan has a dynamic outgoing personality and an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd in practically any situation. His towering six foot four inch frame can be wild and zany on stage while playing a song like `Dixie’ and five minutes later he can have the same audience singing `Will The Circle Be Unbroken’ in quite reverence and delight.
People Magazine called Bowers “ the leading virtuoso on the autoharp” and said “Bowers also has distinct gifts as a singer and songwriter.” Born in Yorktown, Virginia, Bryan Bowers was raised in New Bohemia near Petersburg of the Civil War’s Battle Of The Crater fame. Find out more ...
- 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 ...
Please note that event dates are subject to change. To confirm dates, please call the appropriate site.
- OPEN Artist's Reception
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, October 23, 2016, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
We cordially invite you to meet the participating artists in OPEN. Scheduled to appear as of this announcement include.
Leslie Colonna, Joe Milosovich, Mary Bookwalter, Jennifer Moore, Mary Kay Peter-Witlock, Janice Meister, John Siblik, Jeff Stevenson, Joe Hadimik, Tom Skomski
Their work demonstrates commitment to process and conveys the sentiment of openness that the exhibition instills. Find out more ...
- Sketchbook Sunday
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, October 30, 2016, 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 ...
- Patrick Bredlau - Book Signing and Talk
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, November 06, 2016, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
ISM MEMBER & VOLUNTEER Conquers The Appalachian Trail Book signing and Talk Sunday November 6, 2016 2:00pm Join the conversation as Patrick Bredlau recounts his odyssey of hiking the Appalachian Trail. Find out more ...
- Sketchbook Sunday
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, November 20, 2016, 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 ...
- Sketchbook Sunday
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, November 27, 2016, 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 ...
- HAND THROWING & WHEEL TECHNIQUE - LIVE!
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, December 04, 2016, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00pm and 3:00pm
Join us as ceramic Artist, Joseph P. Hadamik will be demonstrating various hand building techniques including wedging and wheel throwing as clay evolves into form. His glazing, firing and finishing processes will be discussed as well in what promises to be a magical afternoon. Find out more ...
- Sketchbook Sunday
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 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 ...
- Sketchbook Sunday
- ISM Lockport Gallery
Sunday, January 22, 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 ...
- 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. To confirm dates, please call the appropriate site.
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