2023 "Best of Illinois History" Awards and Annual Meeting Banquet

Illinois State Historical Society

Mark your calendars! The Illinois State Historical Society will host its 124th Annual Meeting this year at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield on April 29, 2023. At this time, the ISHS will recognize the ISHS's "Best of Illinois History" award recipients for 2023. Twenty-nine remarkable nominees will be honored and awarded for their outstanding achievements and publications on Illinois history.

This will be a luncheon event and will start at 11:30 with lunch followed by a short annual meeting. Presentation of the awards will immediately follow the meeting. The price to ISHS members for this luncheon buffet is $50 per person, $60 for non-members. Please make your reservations early as seating is limited. Paid parking for the event will be at the city parking ramp immediately to the north of the Hoogland Center, and free but limited on-street is available up and down Fifth and Sixth streets, as well as on some side streets.

For more information about the event, feel free to call the office at 217-525-2781.

Please use this Reservation Form or you may call in to make reservations with your credit card.  217-525-2781, ext. #1 or #4

When: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hoogland Center for the Arts
420 South Sixth Street
Springfield IL 62701 (Map)