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The Illinois State Museum is the official museum of the natural history of the U.S. state of Illinois. The headquarters museum is located on Spring and Edwards Streets, one block southwest of the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, the state capital. There are satellite museums in Chicago, Dickson Mounds, Lockport, and Rend Lake. In addition to natural history exhibits, the main museum in Springfield focuses on the state's cultural and artistic heritage. Exhibits include local fossils and mining, household displays from different historic periods, dioramas of Native American life, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, and a collection of glass paperweights. As of 2015, no admission fee is charged for any of the facilities under the State Museum's jurisdiction. In the summer of 2015, Governor Bruce Rauner proposed closing the museum〔http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-illinois-museum-closings-20150624-column.html〕 to alleviate the state's ongoing budget crisis. Despite opposition from the state legislature〔http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-non-binding-vote-says-no-to-closing-illinois-state-museum-20150805-story.html〕 and the public,〔http://www.sj-r.com/article/20150713/NEWS/150719802〕 the museum closed on September 30, 2015. ==Dickson Mounds== The Dickson Mounds Museum, located in Lewistown, is an archaeological museum of Illinois's Native American history. Exhibits include hands-on displays, dioramas, photos and artifacts that depict area cultures from the Ice-Age to the 19th century. The museum grounds comprise including the Eveland Village, the excavated remains of three early Native American buildings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Illinois State Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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