Press Room

Below you will find all the latest news about the Illinois State Museum.

ISM Press Releases

	Posted by ISM	Release Date
Lloyd Loar’s Hometown Music Festival Set for Dickson Mounds on Saturday, August 24	Dickson Mounds	Friday, August 16, 2019
Free Family Astronomy Event at Dickson Mounds August 10 and 11	Dickson Mounds	Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Beetle Program at Dickson Mounds Tot Time on August 1	Dickson Mounds	Thursday, July 18, 2019
Dickson Mounds to Host Mississippian Conference on July 27	Dickson Mounds	Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Illinois State Museum Society Hosting Two Day Trips on Illinois History	Springfield	Friday, July 5, 2019
Dickson Mounds to Host Bus Trip to Archaeological Excavation July 16	Dickson Mounds	Monday, July 1, 2019
Nature Walk for Health Series at Dickson Mounds July 25	Dickson Mounds	Monday, July 1, 2019
Ben Franklin at Dickson Mounds Tot Time on July 4	Dickson Mounds	Thursday, June 20, 2019
New Retrospective Exhibition on Work of Sculptor Thomas Skomski Opens June 22 at Illinois State Museum	Springfield	Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Free Family Fishing Event at Banner Marsh SFWA June 16	Dickson Mounds	Thursday, June 6, 2019

	Published Date
Archaeological dig yields discoveries at Midewin	August 18, 2019
Lloyd Loar's Hometown Music Festival set Aug. 24	August 17, 2019
12-Year-Old Discovers Rare Tooth from Woolly Mammoth that Disappeared 4000 Years Ago	August 16, 2019
Black bear bone found at Fort St. Joseph	August 11, 2019
<b>ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM</b>: Walk & Talk Tours: Curators' Choice	August 10, 2019
Super Saturday teaches about importance of art	August 3, 2019
Free family astronomy event at Dickson Mounds	August 1, 2019
Here are some of the CI artists you'll find at Urbana's Crystal Lake Art Fair on Aug. 3	July 31, 2019
Inland Art \| Thomas Skomski exhibit	July 31, 2019
<b>Illinois State Museum</b> debuts Magic School Bus film as part of film fest	July 30, 2019