GPS Coordinates:
N 40.35149; W 090.1155
Site Access:
Free
Handicap Accessible
Parking
Amenities: Information; Restrooms; Hiking; Picnic; Visitors Center
Directions:
From US 136/Dearborn Ave. at the Illinois River bridge in Havana, go west on US 136 for 1.0 mile. Turn right (north) onto SR (State Route) 78/SR 97 and go approximately 3.75 miles. Turn left (west) onto CR (County Road) 1050N/Dickson Mounds Rd. and go approximately 2.5 miles to the museum.
Description:
Owned and operated by the Illinois State Museum, the Dickson Mounds Museum and its accompanying 70 acres of upland forest and prairie is a
designated National Historic Site, and one of the finest on-site archeological museums in the country. The museum exhibits and interprets the 12,000-year history of human habitation associated with Fulton County's Emiquon area. The River Valley Gallery exhibits detailed interactions between humans and the natural world. Its “People of the Valley” exhibit portrays the sequence of human cultures, beginning with the Ice-Age hunters who inhabited the area. Additional educational resources include a discovery center, library, and preserved Mississippian village site.
The restored prairie adjacent to Eveland Village is bursting with wildflowers, birds, and butterflies. The mature upland hardwood forest areas are filled with oaks, maples, ashes, and elms, and studded with spring blooming redbuds and hawthorns. Eastern Chipmunks occupy these forested habitats year round.
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