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• The American Revolutionary War in the West Exhibit Opening (5/30/2020 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
  5/30/2020 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  

  The American Revolutionary War in the West Exhibit Opening

  A new museum exhibit, The American Revolutionary War in the West, opens at The Centre for French Colonial Life in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri on May 30, 2020. This exhibit highlights the attacks on St. Louis and Cahokia on May 26, 1780 as well as the George Rogers Clark campaigns and other actions along the Mississippi River.

  Grand opening celebration on May 30, 2020, at 10 am. The exhibit will be open May 30-December 31, 2020.

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• Summer Music at the Museum (6/6/2020 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
  6/6/2020 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

  Summer Music at the Museum

  Music will fill the air this summer as History Comes Alive at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum! Every Saturday morning from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., June 6th through August 15th, you'll be treated to FREE outdoor concerts in front of the museum or in Union Square Park. This week you'll enjoy music from the Springfield Municipal Band and entertainment from Professor Longhair's Magic & Medicine Show!

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• **CANCELLED** Camp 16: Discovering History’s Mysteries (6/8/2020 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM)
  6/8/2020 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

  **CANCELLED** Camp 16: Discovering History’s Mysteries

  Students entering 1st-4th grades: June 8-12, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. daily.

  Join us on an incredible time-traveling adventure as we discover history’s exciting mysteries. Work with fellow detectives, using your History Detective Kit, to decode cyphers, examine evidence, and solve puzzles before time runs out!

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• Summer Music at the Museum (6/13/2020 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
  6/13/2020 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

  Summer Music at the Museum

  Music will fill the air this summer as History Comes Alive at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum! Every Saturday morning from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., June 6th through August 15th, you'll be treated to FREE outdoor concerts in front of the museum or in Union Square Park. This week you'll enjoy music from the 10th Illinois Cavalry Regimental Band!

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• **CANCELLED** Archaeology at the Gehring Site (6/14/2020 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  6/14/2020 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

  **CANCELLED** Archaeology at the Gehring Site

  Julie Zimmermann, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will discuss what has been found at the Gehring site which is located on the SIUE campus between Cahokia Creek and the bluff, eight miles north of Cahokia Mounds. 

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