Tintypes
By Jacob PalmerWIU Student and Western Illinois Museum Intern This month’s featured artifact is a selection of tintypes from the collection of the Western Illinois… Read More »Tintypes
Artifact of the Month
Wool Bathing Suit
By Carmen Keist and Marla Vizdal The Artifact of the Month featured at the Western Illinois Museum is a 1920s men’s wool bathing suit. In… Read More »Wool Bathing Suit
Bathing Suit
By Carmen Keist and Marla Vizdal The Artifact of the Month featured at the Western Illinois Museum is a 1920s men’s wool bathing suit. In… Read More »Bathing Suit
Leon Clements: Founding the Museum
By Marla Vizdal The current Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum highlights its collection of oral history tapes, and one in particular… Read More »Leon Clements: Founding the Museum
Holiday Greetings
The December Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is the wonderful collection of Holiday greeting cards and postcards which have been received… Read More »Holiday Greetings
McDonough County Sheriffs
By Marla Vizdal The November Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is a collection of photographs of McDonough County Sheriffs. The collection… Read More »McDonough County Sheriffs
McDonough County Old Settlers
The August Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is a photograph, taken in 1905, of the Old Settlers (or Pioneers) Club of… Read More »McDonough County Old Settlers
USS Constitution Gavel
The Western Illinois Museum’s Artifact of the Month for January 2015 is a gavel made from two pieces of wood taken from the USS Constitution,… Read More »USS Constitution Gavel
Stites Mortars & Pestles
The November Artifacts of the Month are two mortar and pestle sets donated to the museum in 1984 by the family of well-known Macomb resident,… Read More »Stites Mortars & Pestles