This Lunch and Learn program features Jamie Mathy, Council Member City of Bloomington, and Kevin McCarthy, Council Member Town of Normal, who will discuss digit...
Join us for this Zoom Lunch & Learn which investigates the past, present, and future of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lessons we have learned. Vickie Folse...
After urban sprawl and other contributing factors left Downtown Bloomington with more pigeons and potholes than people, local artists began to occupy the aging,...
The Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir presents a brief program of seasonal choral music featuring compositions by Palestrina, Sweelinck, Mendelssohn...
Rochelle Gridley, archival assistant at the Museum, will present a program discussing the philosophy of the early Pantagraph photographers and their methods. Th...
Learn about PRCC’s experience in obtaining the Cultural District Designation for Puerto Rico Town in Chicago, and collaborating with stakeholders to bring about...
In case you missed it, here's the recording from the January Lunch and Learn! The Museum and Illinois Wesleyan University are pleased to present Ellen Furl...
Jamie Mathy, Council Member for the City of Bloomington and former Chief Technology Officer at Mavidea, will present a program on 5G, the hottest new buzzword i...
The Museum is pleased to host Dr. James Simeone, professor of political science at Illinois Wesleyan University, for an illustrated presentation exploring the 1...
Have you ever wondered how tattooists learn to do their jobs, how their careers advance, or what they contend with in order to create tattoos? Tattooists have t...
Strap on your VR headset (optional!) and join Greg Koos on this 45 minute tour of Downtown Bloomington. This is 6-part video compiled into a playlist for easy v...
Join Museum Librarian Bill Kemp as he takes us back to November 13, 1833, when the nighttime sky lit up like an Independence Day sparkler in what’s believed to ...
In this talk, Museum Librarian Bill Kemp shares a lavishly illustrated program that includes historic and contemporary images. This program–at turns light-heart...
In this talk Bill Kemp, the Museum’s Librarian, shared stories and images about how local residents celebrated the holidays from the pioneer era into the mid-20...
Long before Rivian become one of the hottest electric automakers on the planet, the Twin Cities were center stage for another battery-powered vehicle–the Henney...
Join the Museum’s Librarian, Bill Kemp, for a free, Zoom webinar that will explore the history of corn and how it has been a staple crop in what is today McLean...
Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn (1854-1897) Bloomington’s irascible Hall of Fame baseball player who played during an era when ballplayers were rough and uncouth. T...
Note, this is audio only.Panel: Ingrid Ramirez- panel moderator, video writer/producer for State Farm. Paul Segobiano- vice chair of the McLean County Board, an...
Making history has always come naturally to women, and the women of McLean County are no exception. Yet, the stories of these historic women often go untold. Jo...
The Fall 2022 election season is shaping up to be one of the more interesting and complex campaigns in recent history. With just over 3 weeks before the electio...
This session focuses on the What and the Why of cultural designation. Focus here is really looking at what cultural designation is and why it’s important to lev...
(This was broadcast via Facebook Live in 2018) In honor of the the Bicentennial of Illinois, the Museum is pleased to invite you to join Mike Matejka, labor his...
This is conversation took place at the McLean County Museum of History and was in collaboration with Illinois State University and the City of Bloomington Latin...
Join the McLean County Museum of History and Bloomington bread author Jack Keefe for a brief presentation, Q&A, and book signing for his new book, "Ech...
Join the McLean County Museum of History and Illinois Wesleyan University for the seventh Lunch & Learn of the 2022-2023 season with Greg Koos, Emeritus Exe...
The Museum and Bloomington Public Library are pleased to host Catherine Lambrecht, program director for the Highland Park Historical Society and Illinois Humani...
This program is presented by the Central Illinois Chapter of the ACLU and the McLean County Museum of History. Greg Koos will review the story of the diverse pe...
Join the McLean County Museum of History and Illinois Wesleyan University for the eighth Lunch & Learn of the 2023 season with Robert and Reenie Bradley . T...
Join the Museum's Curator of Collections, Jackie Cain, to explore the Wonders of Weaving! This is the third installment of our new series Crafting History ...
We experienced some audio issues during this video, so we apologize for the distorted audio!EAC Executive Director Michael Brown gives an overview of the rapid ...