Peoria Riverfront Museum

The Peoria Riverfront Museum is celebrating a $1 million philanthropic gift for performance opportunities, and the addition of another rare historical American document to its permanent collection.

The Peoria Riverfront Museum will represent Illinois with a pavilion on the National Mall as part of the upcoming Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence.

The cultural and community impact of the Juneteenth holiday continues to grow in Peoria each year, evidenced by a month filled with several celebrations and activities.

There's a life-size dollhouse you can walk into. A row of vintage arcade cabinets, fully playable. LEGO bricks, Lincoln Logs and every generation of Mr. Potato Head are lined up side by side.

The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma is collaborating with its namesake city in Illinois by building display cases for a year-long museum exhibit there.

The announcement comes in conjunction with the unveiling of George Washington's hand-written, first presidential proclamation declaring the Thanksgiving holiday.

The world-renowned oceanographer famous for leading the team that located the wreckage of the Titanic 40 years ago will visit Peoria this week to discuss that historic finding.

Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, forever known for whispering to President George W. Bush in a Florida classroom on the morning of 9/11, says the famous image stands as a call to honor the lives lost that day.

A big weekend of dedications and celebrations is in store for public art lovers and activity seekers in downtown Peoria.

A new exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum features the world’s largest dinosaurs. Not the ferocious tyrannosaurus rex, but the gentle, giant, long-necked sauropods.