Reviews of Dickson Mounds State Museum (Museum)

Linda Cox

Great Hickory Ridge Concert last night. Chris Vallillo was even more amazing because the main act had death in the family and the AC was still not working. The concert was outside on the lawn. He passed the bug stuff. Wonderful event even if it was 90°+ Staff provided great hospitality and refreshments.

Suzann Hansen

Lush green...beautiful weather for the bluegrass festival. I like The Mounds and Emiquon reserve for a drive in the country. Brings childhood memories of the Sunday drive after church with the family.

Rosie Ranson

It is a awesome place to see on the spoon river drive.

sylvia Williams

Enjoyed the museum, learned quite alot

Brenda Seabolt

History of Native Americans in the Lewistown Illinois area. Teachings With murals artifacts film & postings on walls. Hands on experience room for children & adults alike

Diane Randall

Not much to hold kid interest adults better need to have a better gift shop just not much there

Who. Film's

Fantastic

Samantha Farmer

Lots of bugs only porta potty

Cassie Fosdyck

Very interesting place. Great for the kids and adults alike.

Elaine McElhattan

I love this place ..

Tyler Meumann

Great shelter for events. Just missing a public bathroom

Patrick Farkas

Putting a museum over hollowed ground was wrong. A proper burial mound with reverence and respect should of been done.

m marlene czaja

Cool place

Robin Ann

Very awesome and educational for all ages!

terry quinn

The artifacts are interesting, but the presentation is dated.

Denise Hanson

Nice museum this guy back in 1800s uncovered loads of ondian mounds and preserved them undisturbed apparenly u used to could view some through a glass but the tombs all covered due to respect look on line for previous photos museum nice but unable to post many of the dig and grave photos

Hollyann Terrell

Very clean and service desk was very helpful

JESSICA BEHYMER

Highly recommend!

Gary Smith

Very informative and laid out well!

Andrew Kamenczak

Very nice

Ed McBride

Fun road trip. Museum was entertaining.

Ernie Bishop

Good place for some history.

Michael Brooks

Really quiet at the museum. Beautiful displays and interesting history. Needs a small gift shop. Ample Parking even for rv's and motor homes. If you are in the area you should stop and spend an hour or so.

Eric Knous

Went to the Black Sheep Flower music festival. It was a really good time. I hope they do it yearly. Was a wonderful Friday 13th shindig.

Ryan Thomson

Super cool- learned alot and the kids had a great time!

Scarlett Donnert

It was a fascinating place to visit. You get a feeling of being immersed in history of the area. Unfortunately we didn't plan near enough time to thoroughly see everything.

Cheryl Schellhammer

Great family trip!

Louis Richardson

Amazing place! I wish it had better funding and support...

Dragonslayer COC

Great information interesting facts good quality and nice employees

Nanas a Nerd

Wonderful educational experience for the whole family. Really explains well how archeology teaches us about history.

R0semarie Prather

It was ok there except their Air Conditioning system wasn't working.

julie malo

Absolutely amazing. 6 of us went had a blast band enjoyed all the trinkets.

Philip Wallstedt

Fantastic camping and wilderness survival program for kids!

Junk Luck

Talk about run down. Ever since (understandably so) the burial sites have stopped being used it's a slowwww downhill slide. It was hotter insode than outside. All 6 people visiting the entire site thought so. And no, all 6 were not together. It was super dull. I'd rather search the nearby fields for Arrow Heads.

Derrick Ervin

A very neat place with a lot of history and artifacts. To truly see and read everything plan on spending several hours there.

Anthony k

Great place been going for years sad the giftshop is gone

Richard Lane

Had a beautiful day and great music.

Donna Eckert

Great museum. Very informative

Leland Ritz

A shame the public is none longer allowed to see the dig site. I've seen it twice in years past, it was awesome.

Legendary Creek Hunter

Dickson Mounds what a wonderful place. So much history here. No one will ever know the full story, we can only speculate. This museum is top notch from other native american museums I have visited across the United States. Although the grounds etc are bit run down its a blessing to anyone who visits. Heck seems like everywhere one travels these days there is a lost interest in such history. I would rate this at 5 stars, its free, well put together, and many authentic pieces which you do not see in many of the museums across the usa. I highly recommend this experience for families and youth. Museum is right up there with the famed Cahokia Mounds, in my personal opinion I think it's even better

David Lounsberry

I love it, but unfortunately the bodies are covered up now. Glad they have pictures of how it used to look.

Jason Dazley

The fish bite down the road was a little tough that day but we caught and released 5 of em' !!

gwnfan

Almost give a 4 star. They have a decent amount of artifacts.

Corissa Landrith

So neat!

Jamie Thomas

Friendly staff and free admission. Can't complain about that. Tons of artifacts to view.

Peggy Shane

Great place! There are artifacts there and there are explanations of them. They are getting new displays ready. There is a nice food and beverage area. A great place for events since they have many meeting rooms and a large auditorium for speakers. And they have a display area for vendors. There is a beautiful area outside.

Trista Naff

Great kid programs.

CARME GINER

(Translated by Google) Very friendly. Pedagogical content and good views (Original) Muy amables .contenido pedagógico y buenas vistas

Joshua Littlejohn

Went to Canton to visit my gf's family for the weekend. I googled stuff to do and saw this place. Not really what I expected. Seems outdated and the exhibits are... average at best. The area is awesome though. If you need to waste an hour, I guess this would be ok.

Kevin Sheahan

Dickson Mounds State Museum is worth the time and drive. The exhibits are fascinating and the museum itself is located in a beautiful setting along the Illinois river bluffs. It is a real gem of a place and one that I will return to.

Samantha Smith

Learn more about the Indians that once lived around Fulton county

Kathryn Chapman

Great museum sharing prehistory of Illinois.

Jeremy White

Very friendly staff. My son really wants to be an archaeologist so this is the place to take him.

Kate Dawson

Love this place

Nichole Reneau

Love going to Dickson Mounds just wish the gift shop was still there.

Michael Heil

Love this place.

Coty Richardson

I grew up just down the road from this place and spent many hours here in my lifetime. I was married on grounds at their park. This place holds many great memories for me.

Cecily Johnson

Dickson mounds is wonderful our kids had fun and learned alot

Jim Davis

Sucks

Lois Senger

Interesting place to see

Penelope Payton

The tot times they offer are fun for the kids

Kelly Cape

Very interesting place. My only concern was the observation deck. The wood is very warped and it's easy to lose your balance on the boards since the flex a lot. Otherwise, very informative.

Paul Schoaff

This poem, part of a book about the area I wrote a few years back, is reasonably accurate, but not precisely.... Dickson Mounds State Park near Lewistown, Illinois . . . -Not fossils . . . bones,? said Mr. Dickson, -and, I should know, because I‘m a chiropractor. Bones of old Mississippian Indians, Left right where they were buried, and I dug up the dirt and left the bones there for you to see, mothers with their pots and their beads and their babies, fathers with their bows and flints and spearpoints, boys and girls, too, they are all there, for your enjoyment, and education. A U.S. Dollar isn‘t too much to ask, for all my work, is it?? Forty years he made a living, but folks started thinking, -Once you‘ve seen those bones once, you‘ve seen them for all.? And there weren‘t enough grade school principals who would let kids go, or enough parents with a dollar now or two, to send them off for a field trip, to see Indian bones, the bones of farmers, and fishermen, of mothers and fathers and girls and boys and babies. So, Mr. Dickson sold it to the State of Illinois and the State of Illinois fixed the road and put a new roof on the building, put up a new sign, and raised the prices again. Then one day, some Potawatomies came along, stood on the road and asked, -Would you be looking at those bones, if they were your grandfather and grandmother? Or, your little sister or brother? Or your Aunt who died giving birth?? And, slowly, slowly, more and more people said, -No.? Now folks come and see the dioramas, and pictures, and exhibits and the bones are covered up again, so their souls and spirits can relax and not worry about their nakedness, more naked than any flesh, the nakedness of bones. The bones of farmers and fishermen and fathers and mothers and girls and boys and babies.

Chris Mahoney

Very interesting place. Learned a lot about the area. The outdoor ares are pretty boring though.

Brent Wilson

Love going there

Vanessa Mogler

Very informative and neat

CLARK JOHNSON

In Illinois there are only so many interesting places that people of all ages can enjoy either near cities or parks but in our case Dickson Mounds is something truly unique, imagine looking out at miles of mid-western land ans all you see are the rows of crops and a few plots of forest and then imagine going through all of what Dickson offers and then getting to the top viewing deck and looking through the telescope with an entire different view, so if you're just passing by or on the road and you happen to see a sign pointing you towards Dickson Mounds I promise you wont be disappointed.

Turkee G

Amazing place to learn about long history

Stephen Hoy

Excellent illustration & explanation of early native cultures who inhabited central Illinois. Archeology emphasized.

Dawn Marie Buchanan

What a grand place to visit

Rick Berndt

Love the visit everytime. Such a peaceful experience. Would recommend it to anyone.

Pam Chesnut

Love being there

Karen Newingham

LotTook my grand kids and they enjoyed it

Edward Kinsel

An outstanding museum! Well worth the trip. Don't miss the movie on the third floor.

Jack Davis

The only burial mounds were a few blocks away... there only appeared to be two. The excavations of the building sites was very cool and interesting. Good displays, information, and media in the museum.

Lee Enokian

Excellent museum that studies numerous Native sites. Wide range of Native artifacts with understandable descriptions of their uses. Highly recommended.

David Vega

great history shown about the native Indians in the prairie state. glad they finally closed buried the remains and not made to the public. real people living in tents like the past days. very educational with nice exhibits. a must stop for travellers.

Randy King

Great place

Edwin Andrews

Wonderful presentation!

Montie Hadsall

Good place to sight seeing how the Indians lived.

Doug Blodgett

Fabulous place to visit.

Deanna Henrichs

LOVE this place

Jill Rae Simmons

Attended the Black Sheep Flower Farm Festival at Dixon Mounds. Had a wonderful time. Can't wait until next year!!!!

Jessica Bookwalter

This is another archaeology site that I would like to visit again. It is nestled between two small towns in Central Illinois and placed upon a bluff that over looks the Emiquon Reserve and the Illinois River system. The museum had some areas under construction or waiting for exhibits to arrive, so some places were off limits. I believe my most favorite room was the "Reflections" room where the multiple skeletons were covered over by a cement slab and an audio and visual show replaced the viewing of the skeletons.

Greg Catcott

Interesting place, nice presentations, and one weirdly done room that I think was suppose to evoke a spiritual nature. The view from the top on an outside balcony was beautiful. But no visible mounds as the museum is setting where the mound was. And the archeological dig was covered up in the 90's. We went late in the day, midweek and had the museum to ourselves.

Aaron F.

Educational, plenty of parking. Beautiful State park & museum, free admission but will accept donations.

Miranda Kissling

Hasn't changed much since we visited last year but my kids still love it. Takes us about 30 minutes to walk the museum and then we spend 1-2 hours in the play room! Great free resource for local families and worth the drive for visitors too. It's unfortunate that they don't have a gift shop or cafe but there is a space to eat inside and very clean bathrooms too.

Eren Williams

Is ok. Wish there was more!

Matthew Karabi

Nice n good information.

Jared Pearce

A little off the beaten path but this place is great little museum. An hour or so and you can see everything. There is also a play area on grounds for the kiddos.

Paul Hunt

Cool place to take your children

Bill Doering

Very interesting, great place to learn about our Illinois Heritage!! Must see.

Elizabeth Schmidt

One of my favorite places to spend a rainy day.

Kathleen Tulloss

Impressive and an extraordinary educational experience! The exhibits are artful and infromative. My young children were as enthralled as I was with the complete cultural history of the Illinois indigineous settlements.

jennifer holcomb

Very well done

Ann Stringer

Interesting place and free. Something worth your while if in the area.

Shaun Dailey

Beautiful museum and amazing piece of history. Anyone interested in America's prehistory needs to check this place out.

Brenda Kerns

This place was awesome it was so interesting

Trace Kauffman

Always enjoy seeing the exhibits here!

Jeffrey Hill

Neat place to visit!

Clayton Dickerson

Newly renovated very nice and informative

Valerie Huber

Loved visiting again