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Museums Illinois Darien - Decatur

Decatur
Macon County Outdoor Museum
5580 North Fork Road
Decatur IL  52521
Phone 217 422-4919
Web Site http://www.decaturnet.org/heritage/details.html
Description  1830 courthouse, schoolhouse, houses, museum, Lincoln Library
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Building Collection
Owner/Operator: Macon County Historical Society

Illinois
Homestead Prairie Farm
Address
Decatur IL
Phone
Web Site www.fgi.net/~mccd/homestea.htm
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Agricultural
Building Type Farm

  Decatur

  Children's Museum of Illinois

  55 S Country Club Rd

  Decatur  IL   62521    

  Phone   217 423-5437

  Web   http://www.cmofil.com/

  E-mail  mailto:info@cmofil.com

  Description  power gizmo, supermarket, shadow wall, climber, pin pal screen, in my

                    backyard, virtual reality, bubble mania

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Children

  New or Updated   1/24/2006

Illinois
Decatur
Hieronymus Mueller Mansion
61 South Country Club Road
Decatur IL 62521
Phone 217 423-6168
Web Site www.cityofdecatur.com/mueller.htm
Description honors man who created a still-extant fire hydrant and water flow control equipment company
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Industrial

Decatur
Birks Museum
Gorin Hall, Millikin U
1184 West Main Street
Decatur IL 62522
Phone 217 424-6337
Web Site www.millikin.edu/statey/Birks
Description 14th-20th century international decorative arts with porcelain & glass
Type of Resource Museum
Collection A-F Decorative Arts
Collection G-M Glass
Collection N-Z Paperweights

Illinois
DeKalb
NIU Anthropology Museum
Stevens Building NIU
DeKalb IL 60115
Phone 815 753-0230
Web Site http://www3.niu.edu/anthro_museum/frontpage.html
E-mail mailto:mdeemer@niu.edu
Description Neanderthal Question, Small Wonders, Oldest Masters, Sky Watchers, Copan, Mastodon
Type of Resource Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Anthropology

  DeKalb

  NIU Art Museum

  Northern Illinois University

  DeKalb   IL    60115    

  Phone   815 753-1936

  Web Site  http://www.vpa.niu.edu/museum/

  Description  permanent collection of 20thentury works on paper, Burma Collection, Historical   Scenes Collection

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  Collection N-Z  Prints

  Group Identity   Asian

  New or Updated:         12/21/2005