Agencies
Services
- An image of the lifeways exhibit at Dickson Mounds Museum. It showcases a small hut with a straw roof, with a mannequin of a Indigenous person kneeling while they prepare food with traditional bowls and tools. A baby mannequin is traditionally wrapped to a board next to the woman preparing food. Dried corn is hanging from a replica of a wood rack in front of the hut.
- An image of the J-Case at the Dickson mounds museum. It is a beige museum base, topped in glass, with verbiage comparing artifacts of Indigenous peoples over time. The image shows various pieces of pottery, points, axes, arrowheads, celts, and other items found during excavations.
Facilities
Dickson Mounds Museum is ADA accessible, and provides free parking. Many other special facilities are available.
The Discovery Center is a unique and challenging learning place with hands-on activities for visitors of all ages; discovery drawers, books, tapes, videos, and the unique playscape, A River--A Valley--A People.
The Museum Grounds - 230 acres that include a scenic picnic area and playground, and the Eveland Village, where evidence of early Native American communities can be seen. The museum grounds are open to the public during daylight hours.
Use of the Facility by Outside Groups -The museum's 135-seat auditorium and large meeting room are available for meetings and small conferences. Call the museum for details.