Alton Museum of History and Art, Alton

Name: Alton Museum of History and Art
Address: Alton, United States

#10 among attractions in Alton

Top attraction, Museum, History museum, Art museum

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The Alton Museum of History and Art, sometimes known as the Robert Wadlow Museum, in Alton, Illinois was founded in 1971 as a not for profit organization. It is located in Loomis Hall, named for Rev. Hubbel Loomis, on the grounds of the former Rock Spring Alton Baptist Seminary established by missionary John Mason Peck, later renamed Shurtleff College, and presently the home of the Southern IL University School of Dental Medicine. The building, which has Underground Railroad history, was constructed as the original chapel/classroom of the seminary c.1820 and the sanctuary was modified in the early 1900s to be a two-story building with a rear classroom and laboratory addition. The building is the state's second oldest remaining college building. ()

Coordinates: 38°54'11"N, 90°8'41"W

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Alton Museum of History and Art – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alton Prison, Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, Clark Bridge, Alton Square Mall.

2.5 miW
Archaeological site
Alton Prison, Alton
65 min walk • The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois and originally built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and later closed in 1857.
1.5 miSW
Monuments and statues
Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, Alton
37 min walk • The Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, also known as the Elijah Lovejoy Monument, Elijah Parrish Lovejoy Shaft, Lovejoy Monument, and Lovejoy State Memorial, is a memorial in Alton, Illinois, to the eponymous advocate of free speech and abolition of slavery.
2.5 miSW
Bridge
Clark Bridge, Alton
64 min walk • The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois. Named after explorer William Clark like the bridge it replaced, the cable-stayed bridge opened in 1994. It carries U.S. Route 67 across the river.
2.2 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Alton Square Mall, Alton
56 min walk • Alton Square Mall is a 634,181 square feet shopping mall located in Alton, Illinois. Its anchor store is JCPenney. A second anchor structure formerly housed a Sears, while a third anchor structure, housing a Macy's, was demolished in 2017.
1.9 miNW
Theater
Alton Little Theater, Alton
50 min walk • Alton Little Theater, established in 1934, is a non-profit community theater located in Alton, Illinois. Alton Little Theater traditionally produces five shows a year from September to May.
2.1 miW
Private tours, Museum, Tours
McPike Mansion, Alton
54 min walk • McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois.
2.3 miS
38°52'15"N • 90°9'3"W
National Great Rivers Museum, Alton
58 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.3 miSW
Cemetery
Alton National Cemetery, Alton
35 min walk • Alton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Alton, in Madison County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses only half an acre plot of land, and as of the end of 2005, had 522 interments.
1.7 miW
Park
Haskell Playhouse, Alton
43 min walk • The Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. Dr. William Abraham Haskell, a physician and one of the wealthiest residents of Alton, commissioned the playhouse as a present for his daughter Lucy's fifth birthday in 1885.
2.4 miSW
Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
Argosy Casino, Alton
63 min walk • Argosy Casino Alton is a riverboat casino located in Alton, Illinois, a city in the River bend Illinois area in Metro East area outside of St. Louis. It is currently owned by Penn National Gaming.
2.9 miW
Cliff painting of a mythical monster
Piasa, Alton
76 min walk • The Piasa or Piasa Bird is a Native American mythical creature depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on cliffsides above the Mississippi River.