Museum of the Grand Prairie
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
Museum of the Grand Prairie learning tubs help teachers bring history to life
There are 61 schools in Champaign County with a little more than 25,000 students in grades K-12. But only one…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
Museum of the Grand Prairie and the Homer Lake Interpretive Center to reopen July 8
The Champaign County Forest Preserve has announced that the Museum of the Grand Prairie and the Homer Lake Interpretive Center…
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Events
Things to do nearby over Mahomet-Seymour Spring Break
Mahomet-Seymour Schools will close March 13 to March 22 for spring break. While many go on vacation, local organizations have…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
Women’s Suffrage story to be told at Museum of the Grand Prairie throughout 2020
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com There are significant dates one learns during their time in American History class: The Declaration of Independence…
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Local
Things to do in Champaign County on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
A three-day weekend in Illinois during the month of January means that governments, many schools and the postal service stops…
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Events
Mahomet Christmas Walk
To Grandmother’s House We Go The Museum of the Grand Prairie will host its annual To Grandmother’s House We Go…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
School’s Out! Old Timey Halloween at Museum of the Grand Prairie
Students in Mahomet-Seymour Schools will not have school on October 25. But that doesn’t mean they can’t learn a thing…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
Prairie Stories at Museum of Grand Prairie Saturday
Go back in time and experience what life was like in nineteenth-century east-central Illinois at Prairie Stories at the Museum…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
D-Day stories come to life at Museum of the Grand Prairie
Coming onto a beach where more than 4,000 Allied soldiers and another 4,000 Axis soldiers have lost their lives, is…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve
“Frieda Mumm’s: Discovering Home” opens at Museum of the Grand Prairie Saturday
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com In every story told, there is more than meets the eye. The stories told and those that…
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