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The Keepers Of Chicago’s Black History Fight To Stay Alive During The Pandemic
Chicago Museums As reported on WBEZ by Mark Braboy Photo: Manuel Martinez, WBEZ
Rebuilding the House of Miles
METRO EAST MUSEUMS As reported in the River Front Times by Eric Berger Photo: Eric Berger, River Front Times
Chicago area Cultural Centers increase emphasis on their communities during COVID-19
Chicago MuseumsAs reported in Reflejos by Henry Izaguirre Photo: Chicago Cultural Alliance
As Big Museums Get Rescue Grants, The President Of The Nation’s Only Puerto Rican Museum Says He’s ‘Tired Of Being Left Behind’
Chicago Museums As reported on WBEZ by Mark Braboy & Olivia Cunningham Photo: Manuel Martinez, WBEZ
The Museum of the Future: The National Public Housing Museum adapts to COVID-19
Chicago Museums As reported in the South Side Weekly by Carlos Ballesteros Photo: National Public Housing Museum
Chicago’s Mexican and Puerto Rican museums host a digital summer during COVID-19
Chicago Museums As reported in the South Side Weekly by Olivia Cunningham Photo: CALOR
How Will History Museums Remember This Moment?
Chicago Museums As reported in the Chicago Magazine by Taylor Moore Photo:Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune
Bronzeville Children’s Museum ahead of the COVID-19 curve
Chicago Museums As reported in the Chicago Reader by Arionne Nettles Photo: Arionne Nettles
Children’s Discovery Museum Travels A Long Road To Reopen
Bloomington-NORMAL MuseumsAs reported on WGLT by Sarah Nardi Photo: Children's Discovery Museum
Crisis and Community: How Chicago’s Rebuild Foundation Is Closing the Gap Between Art Spaces and the People They Serve
Chicago Museums As reported in ARTnews by Claire Voon Photo: Chantala Kommanivanh, Rebuild Foundation
Children’s museum in Freeport plays waiting game with reopening
Rockford Museums As reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Photo: Jane Lethlean, The Journal-Standard
COVID-19 takes its toll on museums
Springfield Museums As reported in Illinois Times by Karen Ackerman Witter Photo: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Museum of the Grand Prairie’s complex legacy for African Americans, part two
Champaign-Urbana Museums As reported in Smile Politely by Nicole Anderson Cobb PhD Photo: Hoskins Archive, 1945
No ‘Hands-On,’ No Field Trips: Riverfront Museum Adapting To COVID-19 Realities
Peoria Museums As reported on WCBU by Breanna Grow Photo: Peoria Riverfront Museum
Museums Are Reopening. But Will They Ever Be the Same?
Chicago Museums As reported in Chicago Magazine by Kris Vire Photo: Shedd Aquarium
Museum of the Grand Prairie’s complex legacy for African Americans, part one
Champaign-Urbana Museums As reported in Smile Politely by Nicole Anderson Cobb PhD Photo: Barb Garvey, Museum of the Grand Prairie
Rockford Art Museum reopens with eye for complimentary colors
Rockford Museums As reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Photo: Susan Moran, Rockford Register Star
More QC Museums Reopening
Quad Cities Museums As reported by WVIK by Jonathan Turner Photo: Colonel Davenport House
QC Museums Reopening
Quad Cities Museums As reported on WVIK by Jonathan Turner Photo: Todd DeDecker, Bishop Hill Heritage Association
Illinois Quad-Cities Museums Grapple With Covid Reopening Restrictions
Quad Cities Museums As reported on QuadCities.com by Jonathan Turner Photo: Colonel Davenport House
University museums work behind the scenes as pandemic forces closures, cancellations
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MuseumsAs reported in The Southern Illinoisan by Brian Munoz Photo: Brian Munoz, The Southern Illinoisan
Fighting for Katherine Dunham’s Dream in East St. Louis
METRO EAST MUSEUMS As reported in the River Front Times by Eric Berger Illustration: Evan Sult, River Front Times
Restricted Discovery Center happy to have kids back
Rockford MuseumsAs reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Photo: Scott P. Yates, Rockford Register Star
Determined to tell the story
Springfield Museums As reported in Illinois Times by Karen Ackerman Witter Photo: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Burpee looks to roar back after shutdown
Rockford Museums As reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Photo: Albert Riley Jr., Rockford Register Star
Museum of events reinvents signature event
Bloomington-NORMAL MuseumsAs reported on WGLT by Sarah Nardi YouTube Still: Jeremy Stiller's
Southern Illinois African American museums adapt to pandemic amid growing interest in Black history
Southern ILlinois MuseumsAs reported in The Southern Illinoisan by Brian Munoz Photo: Byron Hetzler, The Southern Illinoisan
What lies in the COVID19 future for museums?
Chicago MuseumsAs reported in Reflejos by Henry Izaguirre Photo: Shedd Aquarium
The American Writers Museum creates a digital experience during COVID-19
Chicago Museums As reported in the Chicago Reader by Arionne Nettles Photo: American Writers Museum
Expanded Laurent House reopens with safety restrictions
Rockford MuseumsAs reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Image: Susan Moran, Rockford Register Star
Strategic Planning Queued Up Riverfront Museum To Weather Pandemic
Peoria Museums As reported on WCBU by Breanna Grow Photo: Peoria Riverfront Museum
Between pandemic & protest: Krannert Art Museum pivots to reach diverse Champaign County communities
Champaign-Urbana Museums As reported in Smile Politely by Nicole Anderson Cobb PhD Photo: Frank Zwicky
Museum records COVID-19 history as it’s happening
Springfield Museums As reported in Illinois Times by Karen Ackerman Witter Photo: Zach Adams, Illinois Times
Tinker Swiss director fears lost connection with community
Rockford MuseumsAs reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Photo: Scott P. Yates, Rockford Register Star
COVID & the Arts: Museums Re-opening
Quad Cities Museums As reported on WVIK by Jonathan Turner Photo: Steeple Building in Bishop Hill, Illinois; Bishop Hill Heritage Association
Midway Village adjusting to ‘the new normal’
Rockford MuseumsAs reported in the Rockford Register Star by Alex Gary Photo: Scott P. Yates, Rockford Register Star
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