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  • Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 9:06am
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    Emiquon Liability Waivers Available
    Emiquon 2013 Liability Waivers are now available at Dickson Mounds Museum during their normal business hours.
  • Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 4:06pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    August Science Lecture Series - Meteor Showers !
    Dickson Mounds Museum and the University of Illinois at Springfield’s Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon (TFSE) present a two-part presentation: Meteor Showers - Bringing Visitors from Outer Space as the Second Sunday Science Lecture Series topic on August 12, 2012.
  • Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 3:41pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Open House at Morton Village Site Excavation
    Dickson Mounds Museum invites the public to an open house 9 am to 2 pm Saturday, June 16, 2012 to view excavations at the Morton Village, a prehistoric Native American site that dates to about A.D. 1350. Work at the site, which began in 2008, is a joint venture of Dickson Mounds Museum and Dr. Jodie O’Gorman of Michigan State University with the cooperation of The Nature Conservancy.
  • Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 3:39pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Archaeology Topic of June Second Sunday Lecture
    Second Sunday Science Lecture Series on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Museum’s auditorium.  This month’s topic is Morton Site Archaeology presented Dr. Michael Conner.  The Morton Village, a prehistoric Native American site, dates to about A.D. 1350. Work at the site, which began in 2008, is a joint venture of Dickson Mounds Museum and Dr. Jodie O’Gorman of Michigan State University with the cooperation of The Nature Conservancy.
  • Friday, April 27, 2012 - 2:02pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    May Science Lectures focuses on Prairie Flowers
    "Not Just Pretty Flowers:  Restoration in the Age of Global Change."
  • Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:59am
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    The Nature Conservancy
    March 2nd Sunday Lecture Series
    The next Emiquon Partnership monthly science lecture series will be on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in the Dickson Mounds Museum auditorium.  The presentation is titled, "The Fishes of Thompson Lake" and will be presented by T.D. VanMiddlesworth, aquatic biologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey’s, Illinois River Biological Station in Havana, IL.  
  • Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 5:38pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Eagle Day Festival at Dickson Mounds Museum
    Dickson Mounds Museum is the location for a day-long Eagle Day Festival on Saturday, February 11, 2012.  This event, which is co-sponsored by the Fulton County Arts Council, the Mason County Arts Council, the Havana Nature Center,  The Nature Conservancy, the Havana Library District, Lewistown Chamber, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is free to the public.
  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 3:12pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Science & the Illinois River Valley - Science Lecture Series
    Dickson Mounds Museum Director Dr Michael Wiant kicked off the new Science Lecture Series on Sunday, January 8, 2012.    
  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 3:04pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Science Lecture Series
    Beginning January 2012, join us for a variety of presentations on the second Sunday of each month at 2:00pm. 
  • Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 3:20pm
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Science Lecture Series Begins at Dickson Mounds
    The Emiquon Partnership will launch a monthly science lecture series on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Dickson Mounds Museum auditorium. The kick-off presentation is titled "The Life and Times of the Illinois River"to be presented by Dr. Michael Wiant, Director of Dickson Mounds.