Visit the Sangamon Experience. Where history is local!

History is all around us, and it is so easy to forget about the history right outside our back door. History is personal; it is the everyday lives of communities we live in. Take a look at history with a local lens at 69ÂÜÀòapp Springfield’s Sangamon Experience. Located in the state capital of Illinois, Springfield, the Sangamon Experience invites you to experience the stories of central Illinois.

Hours

9am- 5pm

Map of Illinois made in 1824
Illinois (1824). Courtesy of the Map Library at 69ÂÜÀòapp at Urbana-Champaign.