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Museums Illinois Edwardsville - Elmhurst

  Illinois

  Edwardsville

  Children's Museum in Edwardsville

  722 Holyoake Road

  Edwardsville  IL   62025    

  Phone   618 692-2094

  Web   http://www.childrens-museum.net/

  Description  science lab, circus room, space room, people room

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Children

  New or Updated   1/24/2006

Edwardsville
University Museum SIU
2469 Faner Hall
Box 1150
Edwardsville IL 62026
Phone 618 650-2996
Web Site http://www.museum.siu.edu/
Description variety of eras and art, Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornament collection
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Arts
Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture

Illinois
Elgin
Elgin Public Museum
360 Park Street
Elgin IL 60120
Phone 847 742-4248
Web Site http://www.elginhistory.org/
E-mail mailto:elginhistory@foxvalley.net
Description Elgin Watch Factory, Native American Collection, Elgin Road Race, located in former Old Main building of Elgin Academy
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Schoolhouse
Collection A-F Clocks
Group Identity Native American
New or Updated: 05/31/2003

  Elizabeth
  Apple River Fort & Interpretive Center
  311 East Myrtle
  PO Box 206
  Elizabeth  IL   61028    
  Phone  815 858-2028
  Web Site  http://www.appleriverfort.org/
  E-mail        mailto:info@appleriverfort.org
  Alt Web       http://state.il.us/hpa/hs/Apple.htm
  Description      fort played a role in the Black Hawk War, reconstructed in 1990's using                         original methods & tools
  Type of Resource    Museum
  Primary Focus    Military
  Building Type    Fort
  Era      1832
  Owner/Operator:    IHPA
  New or Updated:             12/1/2003

Illinois
Elmhurst
Elmhurst Historical Museum
120 East Park Avenue
Elmhurst IL 60126
Phone 630 833-1457
Web Site http://www.elmhurst.org/elmhurst/museum/
Description 7000 artifacts, 10,000 photos, Elmhurst as a model of suburbanization
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Nature of Group or Site Municipal
Collection M-Z Photography
Research /Reading Archives
New or Updated: 06/02/2003

  Elmhurst

  Elmhurst Art Museum

  150 Cottage Hill Avenue

  Elmhurst  IL           60126    

  Phone   630 834-0202

  Web Site  www.elmhurstartmuseum.org

  Description  late 20th century American art, built around McCormick House, one of only 3 US Mies van der Rohe houses

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  New or Updated:           11/15/2005