Artisans Shop Locations
Illinois Artisans Shop, James R. Thompson Center, 100 W.
Randolph Street, Suite 2-200, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: 312.814.5321.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm. This showcase shop in the heart of
downtown Chicago offers one of the most diverse selections of fine craft
work in the midwest. Included are ceramics, fiber arts, metal work,
sculpture, photography, and designer jewelry.
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Southern Illinois Artisans Shop & Visitors Center at Rend Lake, I-57
west of Exit 77, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington, IL 62897-1000. Telephone:
618.629.2220.
Hours: open 7 days a week 9am - 5pm. A spectacular 1700 square foot facility
housing an Artisans Shop, Souvenirs of Illinois Shop, and the
Southern Illinois Art Gallery. The Artisans Shop shows crafts by more
than 700 artisans from every corner of the state. Works include wood
carving, ceramics, blown glass, quilts, country crafts, nature painting and sculpture.
Museum Shop Locations
The Museum Store at the Illinois State Museum, Spring & Edwards
Streets, Springfield IL 62706; Phone: 217.782.0979; Hours: Monday-Saturday,
10:00am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm.
This new enterprise merges the Lincoln Home Artisans Shop and the ISM Gift
Shop. The Museum Store presents the best of both
shops in a spacious new location. Customers will find a collection of
gifts celebrating the craft-making heritage of Illinois including
baskets, dolls, weaving, glass, jewelry, and
wearables. Dinosaur figures, educational games, Native American items,
CDs and videos, fine art collectables, and books fill the shelves of the
new store which boasts an expanded inventory of gifts relating to the
science, culture, and history of Illinois.
The Museum Store features Special Weekend Craft
Events.
Dickson Mounds Museum Gift Shop, Dickson Mounds
Museum, 10956
North Dickson Mounds Road (located between Lewistown and Havana, Illinois),
Lewistown, IL 61542. Telephone: 309.547.3721. Hours: Daily, 8:30am - 5pm.
Focusing on the Native American theme of this museum, gifts include
Indian-made pottery, jewelery, drums and pipes. Also featured are
educational games, toys, and kits plus and impressive selection of books
on American Indians, archeology and the natural
history of Illinois.
Illinois Artisans Program,
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street Ste 4-300, Chicago IL 60601
Telephone: 312.814.4945 or 312.814.1794; Fax: 312.814.2439.
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