History (including sports history)

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Peoria Pops on the Plaza

Wed Aug 12, 2026

7pm

Closer look

The Promise of Liberty: A Closer Look with Seth Kaller

POL

The Promise of Liberty

Fri Jan 30, 2026 - Sun Jan 3, 2027

Duryea

DURYEA: America's First Car Company

Permanent Collection

9/11

We Remember Stories from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Reception

Thu Sep 3, 2026

5pm

9/11

We Remember: Stories from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Sat Sep 5, 2026 - Sun Apr 11, 2027

MTV

America Never Looked at Music the Same Way Again

Einstein

Atomic Age Began on Illinois Squash Court

Sapce

Peoria to the Moon

America 250

Ulysses S. Grant and the Promise of Liberty

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