The Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency (IHPA) operates over 60 historic sites and
memorials from U.S. Grant's home in Galena to the
Kincaid Mounds near Unionville covering more than
10,000 years of Illinois History. Sites include the
world-famous Dana-Thomas House, a Frank Lloyd Wright
masterpiece, Cahokia Mounds, a World Heritage Site,
and Lincoln's New Salem, the highest attended site
of all the Lincoln Sites. The Agency also administers
the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
The library is the state’s chief historical
and genealogical research facility that is home to
the state’s world-renowned Abraham Lincoln collection.
The library houses the Agency's collection of more
than 12 million items of Illinois history. The museum
combines scholarship and showmanship to communicate
the amazing life and times of Abraham Lincoln in unforgettable
ways and features many of our Lincoln artifacts as
well as two main theaters. IHPA administers all state
and federal historic preservation and incentive programs
in Illinois, including the National Register of Historic
Places. Thank you for visiting.
Director sought
for world-class Lincoln site.
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA)
Board of Trustees is beginning a search on behalf
of the Governor of Illinois that will lead to
the Governor’s appointment of a new director
of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
and Museum (ALPLM) sometime this fall.
The ALPLM Director is responsible for the administration,
operations, exhibits, programs, educational
outreach, scholarly initiatives, collections
and promotion of the ALPLM and its complex
in downtown Springfield, Illinois. The complex
includes a reference library, museum, fully
restored historic train station that serves
as a visitor’s center and staging area,
parking garage, and a small park.
The ALPLM Director oversees a staff of 85 state
employees and a current budget of $10 million.
There are 500 trained volunteers.
The candidate should be familiar with Illinois
history, the Lincoln world, and national historical
and cultural institutions. Success seeking
funding sources for program support is a significant
part of the job.
The candidate should be a seasoned professional
able to work with other museums and libraries
and able to accept the realities of working
for state government with severe budget
limitations.
Use the Google search box to search the IHPA's
site:
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For more information, please
email HPA.info@illinois.gov.
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
press contact: 217/558-8970.
Fort
Kaskaskia State Historic Site to Host
Annual Blue Grass Festival
The Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site in is
Ellis Grove will host its annual music fete on
September 25th, 2010. The event
will feature nineteen musical acts with crafters
and food vendors for the general public. The admission
fee is $10.00 per vehicle.
Camping is available on a limited basis with
no reservations being taken. For more information
visit the festival
site.
"The
Fete at the Fort"
Saturday October 9th
Fort de Chartres
State Historic Site
Come join us this October 9th
and be a part of the lst Annual Fete at The Fort
at Historic Fort de Chartres. This will be the
perfect opportunity for Brewers to showcase their
brews in a unique 18th Century environment. We
already have some of the top brewers in the mid-west
committed to this one of a kind event so don't
delay and sign up today to attend.
This event is sponsored by Save Illinois History,
support group of the French Sites of the Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency. For more information
on this new event click here!
Events
The
12th Annual
Conference on Illinois History
September 30 - October 1
The annual Conference on Illinois
History is scheduled for September 30
- October 1 at the Prairie Capital Convention
Center in downtown Springfield and is the state’s
largest meeting devoted to the history of the
Prairie State. This is the twelfth year of the
conference, which is sponsored by the Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency.
The conference will feature
topics that include politics, architecture, community
studies, Abraham Lincoln, African American history,
and the Civil War. Teachers will benefit from
workshops on a variety of topics. All teacher
workshop sessions are approved for Continuing
Professional Development Units (CPDUs).
Visit the Pullman Historic District and tour a variety
of houses designed by Solon S. Beman between 1881
and 1886. Begin your day at the Pullman Visitors Center
for tickets and information. Co-sponsored by the Pullman
Civic Organization and the Historic Pullman Foundation.
Contact 773-785-8901 for information/tour tickets.
Be sure to stop at the Pullman State Historic Site…don’t
miss the Garden Café at the Hotel for our famous
Pulled Pork Sandwiches and Chili Dogs and the Garden
Club Boutique for gifts. No admission charge for Hotel
and Factory Site entrance.
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