Exhibits

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

The January Artifact of the Month at the Western Illinois Museum is a set of aluminum records.  These two discs were acquired to be part… Read More »Sandburg Recordings on Aluminum Discs

On display at the Western Illinois Museum as the December Artifact of the Month is a framed collection of Civil War era items.  These items… Read More »Civil War Era Artifacts

On display at the Western Illinois Museum as the November Artifact of the Month is a Felins tying machine that was donated in 1982 to… Read More »Felins Tying Machine

On display at the Western Illinois Museum as the October Artifacts of the Month are two pre-electric irons.  One iron used charcoal and the other… Read More »Pre-electric Irons