The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency operates over 60 historic
sites and memorials. The Agency also administers the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum. The library is the state’s
chief historical and genealogical research facility
that is home to the state’s world-renowned Abraham
Lincoln collection. The library houses the Agency's
collection of more than 12 million items of Illinois
history. The museum combines scholarship and showmanship
to communicate the amazing life and times of Abraham
Lincoln in unforgettable ways and features many of
our Lincoln artifacts as well as two main theaters.
We administer all state and federal historic preservation
and incentive programs in Illinois, including the
National Register of Historic Places. Thank you for
visiting.
Use the Google search box to search the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency's site:
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum press contact: 217/558-0516
Group Tours
If you have a group tour pre-scheduled on a closed date, please be patient. The Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, who operates the Central Reservation System for the sites, is aware of the situation and will be contacting all of the groups scheduled, in date order, to make adjustments to the schedules. For obvious reasons, schedules need to be changed immediately for those groups with tours scheduled in the near future. These schedule changes are a top priority, so you will hear from someone at the Bureau very soon.
Latest
News & Events
Postville Courthouse to Host
1800's Craft Fair
August 30, 10 - 4 p.m.
The Postville Courthouse State
Historic Site is hosting its annual 1800's craft
fair. The fair highlights crafts and music of
the 1800's. Attendees will have the opportunity
to observe historic crafts and trades such as
blacksmithing, broom making, candle making, rope
making, weaving, and much more. For more information
call 217/737-0979 or visit the website at www.postvillecourthouse.com.
33rd Annual Bluegrass Jam to
be held at
Lincoln Log Cabin
August 9, 2009, 11 - 5 p.m.
Bluegrass and traditional musicians
from Illinois and Indiana will converge at the
site August 9 for an afternoon of jamming. While
there will be no formal stage performances, informal
groups of musicians will jam throughout the afternoon.
The musicians will play in the shaded area near
the site’s main parking lot and visitors
are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, relax in
the shade and enjoy the sounds of bluegrass music
in the park. The Volunteer Pioneers will operate
a food concession selling sandwiches, drinks and
ice cream throughout the day.
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is located
at 402 S. Lincoln Hwy in Lerna. For more information
call 217/345-1845 or visit www.lincolnlogcabin.org.
Latest
News & Events
Cemetery Celebrities:
Friends and Family
of the Lincolns'
September 26, 2009
The Lincoln Tomb State Historic
Site to hold a new event, "Cemetery Celebrities:
Friends and Family of the Lincolns'" on September
26th beginning at 2 p.m. Costumed actors will
portray some of the Lincoln's associates who are
buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Lincoln Tomb is
located in Oak Ridge Cemetery at 1500 Monument
Avenue in Springfield. For more information call
217/782-2717.
2009 Conference on
Illinois History
Eleventh Annual
Conference on Illinois History
October 1 - 2, 2009
Springfield, Illinois
Registration deadline:
September 25, 2009
The annual Conference on Illinois
History is scheduled for October 1 and 2 at
the Prairie Capital Convention Center in downtown
Springfield and is the state's largest meeting
devoted to the history of the Prairie State.
This is the tenth year of the conference, which
is sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency.
The conference will feature
topics that include politics, architecture,
community studies, Abraham Lincoln, African
American history, and the Civil War. Teachers
will benefit from workshops on a variety of
topics. All teacher workshop sessions are approved
for Continuing Professional Development
Units (CPDUs).
For information on our 2009
conference contact Donna Lawrence at IHPA,
1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL
62701, or Donna
Lawrence, or phone 217/785-7933. Details
will be posted on the Conference
page as they become available.
