Every Tuesday at 5:00pm

Old Time Music (Jam Session)

Join the Old Time Music group every Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Museum. A laid back and diverse group of musi...

Museum at the Market
Saturday, September 23rd
9:00am – 12:00pm

Join us at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Stop by the Museum’s plaza on Washington Street to purchase all your local...

Evergreen Cemetery Walk
Saturday, September 30th
11:00am – 1:00pm 2:00pm – 4:00pm

The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...

Online + In Person
Museum at the Market
Saturday, September 30th
9:00am – 12:00pm

Join us at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Stop by the Museum’s plaza on Washington Street to purchase all your local...

Evergreen Cemetery Walk
Sunday, October 1st
11:00am – 1:00pm 2:00pm – 4:00pm

The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...

Online + In Person
Evergreen Cemetery Walk
Saturday, October 7th
11:00am – 1:00pm October 7th at 2:00pm – 4:00pm

The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...

Online + In Person
Evergreen Cemetery Walk
Sunday, October 8th
11:00am – 1:00pm 2:00pm – 4:00pm

The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...

Online + In Person
Lunch & Learn: Lincoln in 1859- Testing the Waters and Advancing the Cause
Thursday, October 12th
12:10pm – 12:50pm

Join the McLean County Museum of History for the first Lunch & Learn of the 2023-2024 season with local author and historia...

Light up the Museum Square for Latinx Heritage Month
Friday, October 13th – Sunday, October 15th
5:00pm

Head down to the Museum Square to check out our light display in honor of Latinx Heritage Month, starting at dusk on Friday, Oc...

Crafting History: Practicing Pinch Pots
Tuesday, October 17th
6:00pm – 7:30pm

Join the Museum for our fourth installment in the Crafting History series on Tuesday, October 17, at 6 p.m. to...

The Lincoln Miracle: An Evening with Ed Achorn
Tuesday, October 24th
6:30pm – 8:00pm

The Museum is pleased welcome back Edward Achorn, author and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Commentary, for a program on his newes...

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Downtown Trick or Treat
Friday, October 27th
5:00pm – 8:00pm

Spooky season is upon us, and the Museum is excited to once again participate in the annual Downtown Bloomington Trick or Treat...

Untold African American Stories: Springfield's Lincoln Colored Home
Saturday, October 28th
1:30pm – 2:30pm

A seemingly ordinary vacant brick building with shuttered windows sits on South 12th Street in Springfield. This building once ...

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Día de los Muertos Celebration
Wednesday, November 1st
4:00pm – 7:00pm

Join the Museum in celebrating Día de los Muertos on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 from 4-7 p.m. All ages are welcome to come cel...

Merwin Gallery Opening Reception
Friday, November 3rd
5:00pm – 8:00pm

During the November First Friday festivities downtown, the Museum will host an opening reception for the re-envisioned Merwin G...

History Reads Book Club: When Women Played Hardball
Wednesday, November 8th
7:00pm – 8:00pm

All avid readers are welcome to join the Museum and Bloomington Public Library on Wednesday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. for the fi...

History Reads Book Club
Online + In Person
Lunch and Learn: The Art of the Rug with Hossein Nateghpour
Thursday, November 9th
12:10pm – 1:00pm

Hossein Nateghpour, owner of Pars Rug Gallery in Bloomington, will discuss the origins of fine rug-making, preserving your rugs...

Lunch & Learn
Claire Rousay in Concert Presented by pt.fwd
Thursday, November 9th
7:00pm – 8:00pm

Claire Rousay is based in Los Angeles. Her music zeroes in on perso...

No Crybabies Allowed: Book reading and signing with Terri Ryburn
Tuesday, November 14th
6:30pm

The Museum is pleased welcome author Terri Ryburn, who will present a program on her book No Crybabies Allowed: The Past as Tol...

Online + In Person
Knit In at the Museum
Saturday, November 18th
10:00am – 1:00pm

We are back in person! We will be holding the final Knit In of 2023 at the Museum on Saturday, November 18 from 10:00 a.m. unti...

Christmas Under the Dome
Saturday, December 2nd
11:00am – 2:00pm

Join us for live music, an Illinois Art Station pop up, and Santa!...