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  • Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 11:23am
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Dickson Mounds and the Emiquon Partnership Receive Community Partnerships Award
    LEWISTOWN, IL – The Illinois Association of Museums recently presented its Best Practices in Community Partnerships Award to the Emiquon Partnership – including the Dickson Mounds Museum, the Illinois Natural History Survey’s Forbes Biological and Illinois River Field Stations, The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Chautauqua and Emiquon National Wildlife Refuges, and the University of Illinois Springfield’s Therkildsen Field Station.
  • Friday, December 1, 2017 - 1:01pm
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    Dickson Mounds Museum
    There will be no December or January IVAS meetings…but will resume with the February 6, 2018 meeting.
    There will be no December or January IVAS meetings…but will resume with the February 6, 2018 meeting.
  • Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 10:24am
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    The Nature Conservancy
    2015 Emiquon Preserve Lake Access/Hunting Liability Waivers Now Available
    2015 Lake Access/Hunting Liability Waivers are now available at Dickson Mounds Museum during their normal business hours.
  • Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 10:51am
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    The Nature Conservancy
    Eagle Day Activities at The Nature Conservancy Emiquon Preserve
    Eagle Day Activities at The Nature Conservancy Emiquon Preserve on February 7, 2015
  • Monday, October 20, 2014 - 10:19am
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    Mason County Arts Council
    15th Annual Eagle Day Festival and Wildlife Art and Poetry Contest
    The upcoming 15th Annual Eagle Day Festival and Wildlife Art and Poetry Contest, sponsored by Dickson Mounds State Museum, Forbes Biological Station, Fulton County Arts Council, Havana Public Library District, Illinois River Biological Station, Mason County Arts Council, The Nature Conservancy, Therkildsen Field Station and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will be on Saturday, February 7, 2015.  This event will be held in conjunction with the Eagle Day Festival at Dickson Mounds Museum and is open to all students in Grades 1-12 in Fulton and Mason Counties.  Get your entry forms and contest rules here.
  • Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 9:37am
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    Dickson Mounds Museum
    Dickson Mounds Museum Annual Report
    Read the Dickson Mounds Museum section of the Illinois Sate Museum's annual report recently published in The Living Museum.  Follow this link for the full story.
  • Friday, February 21, 2014 - 3:52pm
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    Dickson Mounds Museum
    32nd Annual Artifact Identification Day Scheduled
    Dickson Mounds Museum will host the 32nd Annual Artifact Identification Day on Sunday, March 2, 2014 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
  • Friday, February 21, 2014 - 3:47pm
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    Dickson Mounds Museum
    Knap-In Scheduled at Dickson Mounds
    Dickson Mounds Museum will host our first ever Weekend Knap-In Saturday and Sunday, March 1, 2, 2014 from 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.  The public is welcome to view flint knapping demonstrations and ask questions about this ancient form of technology.
  • Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 4:32pm
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    Dickson Mounds Museum
    Robert Mazrim to speak at March Illinois Valley Archaeological Society meeting
    Mr. Robert Mazrim, Illinois State Archaeological Survey, will present a lecture titled: "Archaeological Reflections of the American Frontier in Illinois 1815-1840" at the Wednesday, March 5, 2014 meeting of the Illinois Valley Archaeological Society.
  • Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 4:21pm
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    Dickson Mounds Museum
    March Tot-Time at Dickson Mounds
    At Dickson Mounds on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., the Tot Time topic will be Duck, Duck, Goose. 
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