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Illinois State Museum receives donation from Lincoln’s extended Springfield family
The donated items represent the families of Virgil and Catharine Hickox and Ninian and Elizabeth Todd Edwards.
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Springfield’s IL State Museum welcoming new director
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Jenn Edginton has been announced as the new director of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield. Edginton has been the interim director of the State Museum since ...
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IL State Museum exhibit on Gen X gets two awards
Although Growing Up X ended its time at the Springfield gallery of the Illinois State Museum, the exhibit is still on display at the museum’s satellite gallery in Lockport through June 15 ...
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Forgotten Black military heroes featured in Illinois State Museum exhibit
ATHAN YANOS and LEONARDO PINI Medill Illinois News Bureau and Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — As Black History Month came to an end last week, the Illinois State Museum honored Black ...
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A 19th century flag disrupts leadership at an Illinois museum and prompts a state investigation
The AP was alone in reporting that the executive inspector general for Illinois has begun an investigation into the purchase of a 19th century flag by the state-run Abraham Lincoln Presidential ...