Artifact of the Month

The October Artifact of the Month is a 1959 Philco Predicta swivel television set.  Unique and futuristic looking, it is different from any other 1950s… Read More »A Television from the World of Tomorrow!

The September Artifact of the Month features the museum’s collection of doctor’s bags that once belonged to west central Illinois physicians.  Each bag is made… Read More »Doctor making house: A collection of Doctor’s Bags

The August Artifact of the Month is a selection of postcards from the museum collection of over 300 antique cards. Donated by a number of… Read More »Postcard Collection

The July Artifact of the Month features two photographs of the Illinois Electric Porcelain Company of Macomb.  Ron Scott, a life-long resident of Macomb donated… Read More »Illinois Electric Porcelain Company Photos

The June Artifacts of the Month are Purple Heart medals awarded to two area residents. One medal was awarded during World War I to Dale… Read More »WWI and WWII Purple Hearts

The May 2014 Artifact of the Month is a collection of antique woodworking tools and tool chest that once belonged to Jesse Cox of Vermont.… Read More »Cox Family Tool Chest

The April Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is a collection of six photographs and a passport from the Lubin Family who… Read More »The Lubin Family Collection

The Artifact of the Month for March is a women’s motoring duster, a light, loose-fitting long coat. Originally, dusters were worn by cowboys in the… Read More »Let’s go for a drive! The Motoring Duster

At the Western Illinois Museum, the Artifact of the Month for February is a sewing bird.  This tool, which was used by seamstresses, clamps to… Read More »A Little Token of Love: The Sewing Bird