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The Peoria Riverfront Museum is one of 12 charter members participating in the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership, an initiative announced this week by the Arkansas-based Art Bridges Foundation established by billionaire philanthropist Alice Walton.
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The Peoria Riverfront Museum's "Creatures of Light" exhibition was designed and transported all the way from New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, and it will be on display beginning Saturday. "Creatures of Light" is the third exhibition coming from New York, following the "Mythic Creatures" and the "T-rex: the ultimate predator" exhibits.
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The extraordinary private quilt collection of award-winning documentarian Ken Burns, on exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum through June 5, offers visitors 26 mostly-handsewn examples of American history, tradition and craftsmanship that have literally stood the test of time.
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Blaustein visited Peoria on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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As Peoria International Airport marked the 11th anniversary of its terminal on Tuesday, airport director Gene Olson said plans for a new air traffic control tower are moving forward.
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While her children were on the lookout for Santa, Renae Kerrigan got up early on Christmas Day to watch a rocket launch.
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If you’re planning on taking in the next blockbuster at the Giant Screen Theater located in the Peoria Riverfront Museum, you’re out of luck.
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On this week’s episode of Out and About, Jenn Gordon talks with Bill Conger and physician and pianist Dr. Tony Karam about the special upcoming concert and exhibition "From Peoria to Lebanon."One year ago, a massive warehouse explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and displacing 300,000. Among the most prominent local populations of central Illinois are thousands of Americans whose family members immigrated from Lebanon.On this anniversary, the Peoria Riverfront Museum presents an unprecedented contemporary art exhibition featuring donated art from artists of Lebanon and a piano concert in partnership with the Scottish Rite Theatre. The concert features Karam, a renowned Lebanese physician and classical pianist. The concert will take place Sunday, Dec. 19, at 2:30 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Theatre. For tickets and more information visit From Peoria to Lebanon Concert.
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A contemporary Lebanese art exhibit is on display now at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Later this month, it'll all be sold to raise money for medical relief in the aftermath of last year's Beirut port explosion.
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Peoria is the second stop for T-Rex: The Ultimate Predator on its world tour. New York City was the first. The exhibit was set to move on next month.