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Art Web Exhibits
 - A Family Farm Album: Photography of Frank Sadorus
- Frank Sadorus lived and worked on a farm in eastern Illinois. He was an amateur photographer who chronicled his life and times. The three galleries in this exhibit feature his work and historical farm implements.
 - Art in the Abstract
- This version of the Museum's popular exhibition offers an introduction to understanding abstract art through a variety of interactive resources. It features examples of abstract art from the Illinois State Museum collection. It also highlights the career of Manierre Dawson, a pioneer of abstract art in the Midwest. Fine Arts Activities, Projects, and Lesson Plans stressing the elements of abstraction in art and based on I.S.B.E Standards and Goals for art education are included for Grades 1-12.
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 - L. Brent Kington: Mythic Metalsmith
- The L. Brent Kington: Mythic Metalsmith exhibition revists Kington's early cast silver and bronze toys of the 1960s, his pivotal pieces of forged iron and steel while transitioning into blacksmithing, a series of forged iron kinetic weathervanes, painted Icarus pieces, and follows ultimately to his larger, contemporary abstract sculptures to present us with crosiers, spires, and crescents. This exhibition is comprised of objects borrowed from private and museum collections.
 - Lewis and Clark in Illinois
- Learn about what Lewis and Clark did, whom they met, and what they saw in Illinois during the winter of 1804 when they were preparing for their epic journey to the West.
 - Morton D. Barker Paperweight Collection
- Morton D. Barker, a resident and businessman of Springfield, donated his collection of classical paperweights to the ISM in 1976. The collection of over 150 objects includes excellent examples of millefiori, lampwork, and sulphides. The major glass factories of France and the United States are represented. Learn how each type of paperweight was made.
rnThe physical exhibit of the Barker Paperweight Collection will be reopened at the Museum in late 2005.
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 - MuseumLink Art Web Exhibits
- The Web exhibits are: Three Chicago Painters - Emil Armin, Bertrude Abercrombie, and Julia Thecla; Two Illinois Photographers - Nathan Lerner and Frank Sadorus; Illinois Quilts and Quilters - Learn about the different styles, eras, and patterns of quilts; Illinois Folk Art - pottery, textiles, paintings, and sculpture made by untrained and trained artists in the 19th century; Victorian Furniture; Themes in Art and Folk Art - Abundance, Remembrance, Coming of Age, and Sense of Place
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 - MuseumLink Behind the Scenes at the Museum
- Behind the Scenes lets students learn about museum careers of curator, preparator, director, resesarch assistant, and other jobs involved with running a museum. It offers descriptions of the ISM collections and research programs in Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Geology, and Art. There is sections on how to mount an exhibit, how to restore an object, how donations are handled, how exhibit murals are made, and how prehistoric environments and lifeways are reconstructed from evidence. Suggestions are given for students to create an exhibit and research objects.
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 - MuseumLink Native American Module
- Learn about the Archaic, Woodland, Late Prehistoric and historic eras of Native American lifeways in Illinois. Lesson plans include the topics of foodways, architecture, clothing, rituals, symbols, and games. This is the most thorough exhibit on the Web of Illinois-related Native American information. Activities are also provided for the Cub Scout and Boy Scout badges.
- Anthropology Exhibit: Illinois State Museum, Springfield
- These case exhibits focus on archaeological and ethnographic topics and artifacts such as Native American pottery, basketry, weavings, weapons, and tools. Find out more ...
- At Home in the Heartland: Illinois State Museum, Springfield
- Listen to the stories of real people who lived in Illinois. Immerse yourself in the dramatic changes in household life over the past 300 years. Find out more ...
- Federal Junior Duck Stamp Art -- May 06, 2012 to May 31, 2012: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a northern pintail was selected to appear on the 2012-2013 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the ISM Dickson Mounds Museum from May 06, 2012 to May 31, 2012 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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- Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection -- January 30, 2012 to May 25, 2012: ISM Chicago Gallery
‘Figurism’ brings together historical and contemporary body-based art that emphasizes the power and range of the uses of the figure in Midwestern art. Doug Stapleton, Assistant Curator of the Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, brings together the work of over fifty artists, including Marcena Barton; Samuel Himmelfarb, Carl Hoeckner; Linda Kramer; Kerig Pope; Barbara Rossi, and Eleanor Spiess-Ferris. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the ISM Chicago Gallery from January 30, 2012 to May 25, 2012 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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- Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection -- Opening October 30, 2012: ISM Lockport Gallery
This exhibition brings together historical and contemporary artwork of more than fifty artists that emphasizes the power and the range of the narrative and expressive figure in Midwest art. Find out more ...
Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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- Focus 4: Four Solo Exhibitions -- May 06, 2012 to October 05, 2012: ISM Lockport Gallery
Focus 4 is composed of four solo exhibitions featuring the work of four Illinois artists: Steven Robnett, Don Seiden, Mario Trejo, and Rebecca Wolfram. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the ISM Lockport Gallery from May 06, 2012 to October 05, 2012 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
To confirm dates, please call the appropriate site.
- From Humble Beginnings: Lincoln's Illinois, 1830-1861 -- January 01, 2012 to July 22, 2012: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center
To commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth the Illinois State Museum Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center presents a captivating perspective of the Illinois Lincoln called home through objects and stories of the people who lived here. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center from January 01, 2012 to July 22, 2012 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
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- Luminous Ground: Artists With Histories -- May 20, 2012 to January 06, 2013: Illinois State Museum, Springfield
The exhibit Luminous Ground: Artists With Histories, cited in the top ten shows of the year by both New City and Time-Out Chicago, explores outstanding work by older Illinois artists. Find out more ...
Currently on exhibit at the Illinois State Museum, Springfield from May 20, 2012 to January 06, 2013 Please note that exhibit dates are subject to change.
To confirm dates, please call the appropriate site.
- The Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum: Illinois State Museum, Springfield
- “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw Find out more ...
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