Illinois State Museum Newsroom

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

ISM Press Releases

	Posted by ISM	Release Date
Historic Fashion Exhibition Opens at Illinois State Museum’s Lockport Gallery	Lockport	Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Museum Exhibition Showcases Work of Fiber Artist Sherise Wright	Springfield	Thursday, May 27, 2021
Big Trucks Are Coming to Dickson Mounds for Tot Time on June 3	Dickson Mounds	Friday, May 21, 2021
Museum Exhibition Celebrates Black Lives Through Art	Springfield	Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Illinois State Museum Announces Women's History Series and Trail	Springfield	Thursday, March 25, 2021
Work, People, Art: Selections from the Works Progress Administration Collection of the Illinois State Museum	Chicago	Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Illinois State Museum to Host Social Justice in Museums Series	Springfield	Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Oh, Deer! Dickson Mounds Presents Tot Time on October 1	Dickson Mounds	Friday, September 25, 2020
Illinois State Museum Launches Journal of a Plague Year: Illinois in 2020	Springfield	Friday, September 11, 2020
Dickson Mounds’ Tot Time Sept. 3 to Feature Ducks, Ducks, and more Ducks	Dickson Mounds	Monday, August 31, 2020

	Published Date
On the trail with Mother Jones	June 3, 2021
Celebrating Black Lives Through Art	June 3, 2021
Osage Nation Sues US Army Corps Over Human Remains	June 4, 2021
Lincoln Presidential Library and <b>Museum</b> to Display Emancipation Proclamation	June 7, 2021
Lincoln <b>Museum</b> displaying Emancipation Proclamation	June 7, 2021
Lincoln Presidential Library to display Emancipation Proclamation as part of Juneteenth celebration	June 7, 2021
<b>State</b> task force considers redesigning, moving MLK monument	June 9, 2021
Route History to reopen on July 9	June 10, 2021
Art exhibit celebrates Juneteenth and Black culture	June 10, 2021
<b>State</b> task force considers redesigning, moving monument of MLK Jr.	June 10, 2021