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MUSEUMS Expand minds, enrich lives, and enhance the quality of life

ILLINOIS MUSEUMS ARE VITAL TO A HEALTHY ECONOMY Illinois Museums: • Employ 6,420 Illinoisans • Spend over $576,150,600 in goods and services • Serve over 21,188,735 visitors annually • Serve over 3,410,050 schoolchildren each year • Serve over 119,570 teachers each year Nationwide: • Museums rank among the top three family vacations • Cultural and heritage activities account for over 23% of all domestic trips recorded by the tour and travel industry • When making a decision to relocate, businesses factor in access to cultural resources that includes a dynamic museum community, according to research by the National Governors Association. • Governments that support the arts on average see a return on investment of over $7 in taxes for every $1 that the government appropriates Museums participating in this survey are listed on the reverse

Illinois Association of Museums 1 Old State Capitol Plaza Springfield, IL 62701 SUPPORT ILLINOIS MUSEUMS www.illinoismuseums.org Museums Participating in the 2012 Illinois Association of Museums Economic Impact Survey 1950s Park House Museum Grant Home Old Courthouse Museum A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Graue Mill Old Market House Abraham Presidential Library and Museum Grayslake Heritage Center and Village Municipal Old School Museum Addison Historical Museum History Museum Old State Capitol Grundy County Historical Society Museum Oriental Institute Museum Amboy Depot Museum Hauberg Indian Museum Orpheum Children’s Science Museum Anita Purves Nature Center Highland Park Historical Society Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum Apple River Historic Marbold Farmstead Association Parkland College Art Gallery Archbishop Fulton Sheen Spiritual Centre Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest Pecatonica Historical Museum Bishop Hill State Historic Site History Museum of Monroe County Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Black Hawk Hoffman Estates Museum Pierre-Menard Home Bloomingdale Park District Museum Illinois Association of Museums Pleasant Home Boone County Historical Museum Illinois State Museum System Pontiac-Oakland Museum Brenner Library of Quincy University Illinois State Museum-Dickson Mounds Museum, Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum Bronzeville/ Black Chicagoan Historical Society Springfield Postville Courthouse Brookfield / Illinois State Museum-Chicago Gallery and Illinois Pullman Bryant Cottage State Historic Site Artisans Shop, Chicago Rasmussen Museum & Blacksmith Shop Burbee Museum of Natural History Illinois State Museum-Lockport Gallery Red Oak Nature Center Courthouse Illinois State Museum-Southern Illinois Art and Robert R. McCormick Museum Cahokia Mounds Artisans Center Rockford Art Museum Cahokia Mounds Museum Society Illinois State Museum-Research and Collections Rockford Art Museum Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Center, Springfield Rockton Township Historical Society Fields Memorial Iroquois County Historical Society/Old Courthouse Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies Museum Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures Carl Sandburg Isle a la Cache Museum Skokie Heritage Museum Cass County Genealogical and History Society Jacksonville Area Genealogy & Historical Society Southeast Chicago Historical Museum Cedarhurst Center for the Arts John G. Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Illinois State Museum Cedarville Area Historical Museum Joliet Area Historical Museum Spurlock Museum Center for American Archeology Visitors’ Center & Joliet Area Historical Museum St. Clair County Historical Society Museum Jubilee College Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society Chatham Railroad Museum Kline Creek Farm Chicago Botanic Garden Kohls Children’s Museum Sycamore History Museum Chicago Children’s Museum Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion Tampico Area Historical Society Kruse House Museum Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University Children’s Discovery Museum Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences The Anthropology Museum Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn LaSalle County Historical Society Museum The Colonel Davenport House Levere Memorial Temple/SAE Foundation The Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Colonel Gustavus Palmer House Lewis and Clark The Marion E. Wade Center Crawford County Historical Society Lewis University History Center and Fitzpatrick House The National Public Housing Museum Dana Thomas House State Historic Site Lincoln Home National Historic Site The David Davis Mansion State Historic Site Lincoln Log Cabin The Quincy Museum Delavan Community Historical Society Garden and Nature Center The Raupp Museum DeMoulin Museum Zoo The Richard W Bock Museum Des Plaines History Center & War Memorials State Historic Site Theatre Historical Society of America DeWitt County Museum Lincoln-Herndon Law Office Thebes Historical Courthouse Discovery Center Museum Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens Douglas Tomb Lombard Historical Society Tiskilwa Historical Society’s Museum on Main DuPage Children’s Museum Loyola University Museum of Art Town and Country Library Local History Collection DuPage County Historical Museum Macktown Living History Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago DuSable Museum of African American History Macon County Conservation District University Museum at Southern Illinois University Dwight Historical Society Museum Macon County History Museum Edwardsville Edwardsville Children’s Museum Marengo Society for Historic Preservation Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum Mascoutah Heritage Museum Vandalia Statehouse Association McHenry County Historical Society Vermilion County Museum Elgin History Museum McLean County Arts Center Vermilion County War Museum Elgin Public Museum McLean County Museum of History Veterans Memorial Hall Grove Historical Museum Mendota Museum & Historical Society Village of Bartlett Museums Elmhurst Historical museum Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site Wabash County Museum Erlander Home Museum Midway Village Museum Warren County History Museum Ethnic Heritage Museum Monroe County Historical Society Bellefontaine House Warrenville Historical Museum & Art Gallery Evanston History Center Morton Arboretum Washburne House Farnsworth House Mt Pulaski Courthouse Waukegan History Museum Field Museum of Natural History Whistle Stop Depot Museum West Chicago City Museum First Division Museum at Cantigny Park Museum of Contemporary Art West Suburban Museum Fort DeChartes Museum of Science and Industry West Town Museum of Cultural History Fort Kaskaskia Museum of Springfield History White County Historical Society Frances Willard House Museum Naper Settlement William and Florence Schmidt Art Center Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust William M. Staerkel Planetarium Frankfort Area Historical Society National Museum of Mexican Art Windmill Cultural Center Freeport Art Museum National Veterans Art Museum Winfield Historical Society Fullersburg Historic Foundation Nauvoo Historical Society, Weld House and Worth Park District Historical Museum Galena & U.S. Grant Museum Rheinberger Museums Wyanet Historical Society Gaylord Building National Trust Historic Site Niles Historical Museum Glessner House Museum Noble-Seymour-Crippen House February 23, 2012