Events

National Immigrants Day

Tuesday, October 28th
5:30pm – 7:00pm

October 28 is National Immigrants Day. The Museum is celebrating by offering FREE admission from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and hosting an o...

Dine with the Dead: Cemetery Customs and Traditions of Days Gone By with Candace Summers

Thursday, October 30th
6:00pm – 7:30pm

Enjoying a picnic in a cemetery was not always a taboo activity: Quite the contrary — a graveside lunch was a leisure activity for...

Día de Muertos Celebration

Saturday, November 1st
3:00pm – 7:00pm

Celebrate Día de Muertos with us on Saturday, November 1, 2025, from 3-7 p.m. All ages are welcome to this free event featuring ar...

Holiday Food Drive

Saturday, November 1st – Saturday, December 6th
9:00pm – 5:00pm

This holiday season we're helping provide meals to our neighbors by supporting our local pantries with a food drive. Now thro...

Member Appreciation Month

Saturday, November 1st – Sunday, November 30th
9:00am – 5:00pm

November is Member Appreciation Month!Members make our mission possible – and we want to say THANK YOU! All month long, enjoy excl...

History Reads Book Club | Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul

Tuesday, November 4th
7:00pm – 8:00pm

All are welcome to join the Museum and Bloomington Public Library on Tuesday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m. for the final History Reads ...

History Reads Book Club
Online + In Person

Knit In at Normal Public Library

Saturday, November 8th
10:00am – 1:00pm

Calling ALL Knitters and Crocheters, grab your needles and hooks, some yarn, a friend or two, and come and knit for a bit!The fina...

Free Admission in Honor of Veterans' Day

Tuesday, November 11th
9:00am – 5:00pm

In honor of Veterans' Day, Museum admission will be free for all from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m....

Lunch & Learn: The Wizard of Oz in Illinois and Beyond

Thursday, November 13th
12:10pm – 1:00pm

Bring your lunch and join us to learn about the Wizard of Oz's connection to McLean County and Illinois on Thursday, November...

Lunch & Learn
Online + In Person

Closed for Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 27th
9:00am – 5:00am

The Museum and its Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving. We will reopen o...

Christmas Under the Dome

Friday, December 5th
5:00pm – 8:00pm

Join the Museum on Friday AND Saturday for free, festive fun during Christmas Under the Dome!Friday, December 6, we'll be ope...

Christmas Under the Dome

Saturday, December 6th
11:00am – 2:00pm

Join the Museum on Friday AND Saturday for free, festive fun during Christmas Under the Dome!Friday, December 6, we'll be ope...

Around the Town Woodwind Quintet Concert with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, December 9th
5:30pm – 6:30pm

The Museum is pleased to partner with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra for an Around the Town concert featuring their Woodwind Quin...

Lunch & Learn: Lincoln and Ann Rutledge with Guy Fraker

Thursday, December 11th
12:10pm – 1:00pm

Bring your lunch and join us to learn about the story of Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, the young lady believed by many to have...

Lunch & Learn
Online + In Person

Closed for Christmas

Wednesday, December 24th – Saturday, December 27th
9:00am – 5:00pm

The Museum and its Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center & Gift Shop will be closed on December 24 through December...

Closed for New Years

Wednesday, December 31st – Thursday, January 1st
9:00pm – 5:00pm

The Museum and its Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center & Gift Shop will be closed all day New Years Eve and New Y...

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