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Every Tuesday at 5:00pm
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...
Join us at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Stop by the Museum’s plaza on Washington Street to purchase all your local...
The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...
Join us at the Downtown Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Stop by the Museum’s plaza on Washington Street to purchase all your local...
The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...
The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...
The 2023 Evergreen Cemetery Walk will be held in-person on September 30 and October 1, and October 7-8 with performances at 11...
Join the McLean County Museum of History for the first Lunch & Learn of the 2023-2024 season with local author and historia...
Head down to the Museum Square to check out our light display in honor of Latinx Heritage Month, starting at dusk on Friday, Oc...
Join the Museum for our fourth installment in the Crafting History series on Tuesday, October 17, at 6 p.m. to...
The Museum is pleased welcome back Edward Achorn, author and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Commentary, for a program on his newes...
Spooky season is upon us, and the Museum is excited to once again participate in the annual Downtown Bloomington Trick or Treat...
A seemingly ordinary vacant brick building with shuttered windows sits on South 12th Street in Springfield. This building once ...
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...
During the November First Friday festivities downtown, the Museum will host an opening reception for the re-envisioned Merwin G...
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...
Hossein Nateghpour, owner of Pars Rug Gallery in Bloomington, will discuss the origins of fine rug-making, preserving your rugs...
Claire Rousay is based in Los Angeles. Her music zeroes in on perso...
The Museum is pleased welcome author Terri Ryburn, who will present a program on her book No Crybabies Allowed: The Past as Tol...
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...
Join us for live music, an Illinois Art Station pop up, and Santa!...