Dickson Mounds State Museum

No mounds?

The museum is a beautiful and impressive building, located on a bluff overlooking the Illinois River valley. To do the tour, you start on the top floor and work your way down. The top floor has an ...

Lack of funding and maintenance takes its toll.

This was once a beautiful historical site but the State of Illinois or whoever is in charge has not maintained it and the park is now a disgrace to the State of Illinois and to a National Historical M...

My granddaughter's favorite place!

We love Dickson Mounds. My grandkids, especially the 4 year old just love visiting there. We love the history aspect and getting in touch with our native American roots. I do want to mention that Tri...

Museum is closed - wait until they reopen

Museum was closed due to COVID-19 when I was there in July. I was able to explore the grounds and a staff member opened the buildings housing some of the excavations for me. But I was the only visitor...

An excellent museum explaining the culture and history of the ancient civilization

This tells the story of habitation in the Illinois River valley over thousands of years. It contains many artifacts and excavated building sites that attempt to explain the movement of people into th...