This exhibit explores the complex history of Illinois. There will be artifacts on display for this exhibit.

Featuring the works of more than 60 local artists, including jewelry, pottery, stained glass, and painted and jeweled clothing.

The guided tours take you around the historic home and show you artifacts from the days when the house was lived in by Benjamin and Helen Edwards.

At 'Changes' visitors will see, hear and touch Illinois' natural history through engaging hands-on interactive displays, audio and video effects, thousands of authentic fossils and more. Marvel at all...

In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, this interdisciplinary exhibition will explore the Illinois that Lincoln knew through the eyes of the people who lived here. Lincoln's Illinois...

This major exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of the Cherry Mine Disaster.

Life-sized dioramas and finely crafted artifacts bring to life Illinois' rich Native American heritage.

Touch, explore, listen and create in this hands-on children's gallery. Children of all ages can investigate and discover the mysteries of art and nature.

Over the course of twenty years, Morton D. Barker (1888-1967) of Springfield, Illinois, amassed a large and prestigious collection of paperweights, most of which were created in post-Napoleonic era...

These case exhibits focus on archaeological and ethnographic topics and artifacts such as Native American pottery, basketry, weavings, weapons and tools.

Listen to the stories of real people who lived in Illinois. Immerse yourself in the dramatic changes in household life over the past 300 years.

The tours for the Dana-Thomas House Historic Site run about 1 hr and 20 min. They take off about every 20 min. The last tour leaves at 3:45pm.

Miss Beth reads a story every Saturday to the kids.