Peoria Riverfront Museum

Peoria Riverfront Museum
Established 2012
Location 222 SW Washington Street
Peoria, Illinois
Coordinates 40°41′22″N 89°35′24″W / 40.6894°N 89.5899°W / 40.6894; -89.5899
Type Art, history, natural history
Website Official website

The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a public museum of art, science and culture located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Containing a planetarium, a giant screen theater, exhibits, collections, educational classes, and public outreach, the museum opened in October 2012.[1] A specialty resource of the museum is the "Illinois River Encounter," a family-oriented gallery that attempts to be the definitive aquarium of the Illinois River, which flows adjacent to the museum. Adjacent displays describe the ecology, social history, and engineering of the working river.[2]

The museum's collections include fine art (paintings, sculptures, works on paper), decorative art (furniture, ceramics, metal, glass, textiles), folk art (paintings, sculptures, graphics, decorative arts, etc.), ethnographic art (Native American, African, Oceanic, Asian), natural science artifacts (rocks and minerals, insects, shells), and historic artifacts including a Duryea Motor Wagon Company car, theater and opera posters, and square dancing items.[3]

The Peoria Riverfront Museum serves as a replacement for the former Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, which was located in a different location in Peoria and closed in September 2012.[4] The Museum building and grounds are owned by Peoria County and leased to the museum by public-private partnership agreement. Key to the agreement was the enactment by local voters of a supplemental sales tax.[5] An admission fee is charged.

The museum building is adjacent to the historic Rock Island Depot and Freight House.

References

  1. ↑ "Peoria Riverfront Museum". Peoria Riverfront Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Illinois River Encounter". Peoria Riverfront Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Permanent Collections". Peoria Riverfront Museum. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lakeview Museum closes its doors". CINewsNow.com. Granite Broadcasting. Sep 3, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  5. ↑ "Peoria County: Downtown Peoria Riverfront Museum". Peoria County. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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