Upcoming Exhibitions
A Legacy of Learning: A History of Our Local Schools
June- September 2012
Setting the Table: Then and Now
September 4 - November 15, 2008
This exhibition explores the possibility of the table as a place that brings together family, and friends. What you see in this exhibition is a peek into the cupboards of your neighbors in Bushnell, Canton, Colchester, Macomb, and Roseville. Setting the Table celebrates the diversity of what is held precious to the West Central Illinois community.
The table as a meeting place is the setting for what ties a community together: sharing time, exchange of ideas, and the generosity of others. Setting the Table brings together dishware of different time periods, styles, and occasions contrasting the old and the new, the fashionable and the common, the elegant and the everyday.
Setting the Table: Then and Now is co-curated by Elaine Goldfarb and Estela Pledge. The formal dining set is on loan from Floor to Ceiling of Macomb and Western Illinois Art Gallery provided the vitrines.
Sue Anstine
Grace Baker
Gil Belles
Rachel Bliven
Marjorie Rich Bordner
Pearle Bradley
Barbara Brown
Beverly Buck
Rhoda Butler
Rosemary Carlson
Sue Corey
Dennis Danowski
Cathy Early
Denise Elston & Steven Rock
Joanne Findley
Dot Forman
Roger Frowein
Janet Furman
Elaine Goldfarb
Mary Ellen Graff
Mary Ann Griffin
Garnette Hallwas
Fama Hanson
Barbara Hendricks
Patricia Hobbs
Joanne Hopper
Julie Anne Irish
Linda Aylesworth Jani
Linda Jobe
Nancy Jones
Betty Kaspar
Marion & Ken Keudell
Elieen Lafary
Christine Lloyd
Lowell and Lois Lueck
Peggy & Te Ma
Cindy Martin
Judy Nation
Rosemary Neblock
Mary Norvell
Margaret Ovitt
Sam & Becky Parker
Mary Parks
Shirley Pawlias
Julie Anne Pickett
Estela & Michael Pledge
Connie Purdum
Roberta Lynne Ruben
Helen Ruth
Judy Sadler
Sally Sallee
Jayne Schiek
Sonja Schmidt
Sharon Setser
Betty & Wendell Swanson
Terecia Torrance
Ketra & George Wanamaker
Mary Warnock
Mary Ann Watson
Mike Wayland
Jeanne Waymack
Paula Wise
Judy Worman
James and Penelope Yunker
Past Exhibitions
Shared Images: Recording and Collecting a Visual History
September 20 - December 30, 2011
Connectedness: A History of Women's Clubs
April 26 - August 13, 2011
Fishin', Huntin' & Braggin
January 4 - March 26, 2011
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music
October 23 - December 4, 2010
The Courthouse Square: A History in the Making
May 15 - September 11, 2010
December 22, 2009 - April 24, 2010
September 1 through November 21, 2009
June - August 8, 2008
Abraham Lincoln: The Making of a President
February 12 - May 2, 2009
The History of McDonoungh District Hospital
January 16 - January 17, 2009
Setting the Table: Then and Now
September 4 - November 15, 2008
From Here to There: Transportation in Western Illinois
June 3 - August 2, 2008
Uniforms, Soldiers & Allies: The Western Illinois Experience During World War II
January 1- April 1, 2008
Advertising Art of the Late 19th Century: The Dr. Lindsay Ma Collection
February 6 - March 21, 2007
Music, Music, Music
June - July 2007
Colchester: 150 Years
August 25 - November 17, 2007
Ills, Drills and Pills: A Look Back at Our Health Professions
August 22 - November 25, 2006
Through the Lens: A Photo History of Macomb
April 8, 2006
The Collection A - Z: Arrowheads to Zeno
December 2, 2005 - February 28, 2006
August 9 - November 2005
Exploring Scouting: Boy and Girl Scouts
March 6 - July 2005
Toys, Toys, Toys: From All Ages, For All Ages
December, 2004 - January 29, 2005
Veterinary Medicine: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow; All Creatures Great & Small
February 21 - June 30, 2004
Western Illinois University: Then and Now
The Bootlegger
April 19 - August 1, 2003
Civil War at Home and on the Battlefield
April 10, 2003
Key Ingredients
June 2003