This list of museums in

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contains

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s which are defined for this context as institutions (including

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s, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

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s) are not included.

Museums

Defunct museums

* ABA Museum of Law, Chicago, closed in 2011 * African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veterans Archives, Aurora, former sculpture park dedicated to the leaders of Black American history, closed in 2000. Relocated to Hammonds, LA. * American Police Center & Museum, Chicago * Americana Hollywood Museum, Metropolis * ArtWorks Children's Museum, Ingleside * Barb City Motorcycle Museum, DeKalb, collection sold in 2013 * Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum,

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aq ...

, closed in 2008, collection now online * Gardner Museum of Architecture & Design, Quincy *

Illinois Museum of Natural History The Illinois Museum of Natural History was founded as the Museum of the Illinois State Natural History Society at the Illinois Normal School, Bloomington, Illinois, in 1858. The museum operated until 1877 on the third floor of what became Illinois ...

, campus of Illinois State University, Old Main building, from 1857-1877 * Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Peoria, closed in 2012, collections now at the Peoria Riverfront Museum * Max Nordeen's Wheels Museum, Woodhull *

McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum The McCormick Freedom Museum was the first museum in the United States dedicated to the First Amendment by the McCormick Foundation. It was open from April 11, 2006, until March 1, 2009. The museum offered visitors an interactive experience foc ...

, Chicago, closed in 2009 * Motorola Museum of Electronics, Schaumburg *

Museum of Funeral Customs The Museum of Funeral Customs was located at 1440 Monument Ave. in Springfield, Illinois, US. It featured exhibits dealing with American funerary and mourning customs. The museum was near Oak Ridge Cemetery, the site of Abraham Lincoln's tomb. ...

, Springfield, closed in 2009 * Museum of Holography, Chicago * National Museum of Surveying, Springfield, closed in 2013 * Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, closed in 2015 * Old Barn Museum, Newark * Oliver Parks Telephone Museum, Springfield * Park Ridge Historical Society Museum, Park Ridge * The Peace Museum, Chicago * Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum,

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Raggedy Ann Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) that appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose. Gruelle r ...

and Raggedy Andy memorabilia,

Johnny Gruelle John Barton Gruelle (December 24, 1880 – January 9, 1938) was an American artist, political cartoonist, children's book and comics author, illustrator, and storyteller. He is best known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls and ...

exhibits closed in 2009 * Shea's Gas Station Museum, Springfield, contents auctioned off in 2015 *

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows was an exhibition that opened in February 2000 at Chicago’s Navy Pier entertainment complex. It permanently closed in October 2014. It was the first American museum dedicated solely to the art of stai ...

, Chicago, closed in 2014 * Stuka Military Museum, Oregon * Terra Museum, Chicago, closed on October 31, 2004 * Under the Prairie Frontier Archaeological Museum,

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, operated by the Sangamo Archaeological Center, closed August 1, 2008 * U.S. Senator Paul Simon Museum,

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...

, closed in 2012 * Vinegar Hill Historic Lead Mine & Museum, Galena * Walter Payton Museum, Aurora, part of a restaurant complex that closed in 2010

References

External links

Illinois Association of Museums
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* Illinois education-related lists Lists of buildings and structures in Illinois Tourist attractions in Illinois

Museums

Defunct museums

See also

References

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