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• IAM Annual Awards Ceremony 2026

  • When
    7 Apr 2026
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    3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  We're thrilled to announce that your incredible nominations have been received for the 2026 IAM Awards Ceremony. The awards ceremony will take place on April 7th, 2026 at 3:30 P.M.  Mark your calendars for this special event! Your support and enthusiasm are what make this event so special!

  
  

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• IAM on the Road - Vandalia

  • When
    10 Apr 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • Location
    Kaskaskia College Educational Center

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  Join us in Vandalia on April 10 for a full day celebrating storytelling, strategy, and local history.

  Morning Workshop: Communications & Marketing

  Join us On the Road in Vandalia at the Kaskaskia College Education Center, 2310 West Filmore, Vandalia, Illinois 62471 from 9:00am-11:30am, for a marketing workshop that will help area cultural organizations and museums use simple and contemporary tools and tricks to share their story . No matter if you are an all volunteer museum, or a staff-led library or park district, there will be useful take-aways about what advertising, marketing, and promotion looks like in the age of AI. Lunch is provided to registrants.

  
  

  ️ Afternoon Museum Hop

  
  

  From 1pm-4pm, the community is welcome to experience a “Museum Hop” with the National Road Museum, Vandalia Statehouse, Historical Vandalia Fayette County Museum, as well as other sites in the community. Join us as we learn about this important place in Illinois history!

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• IAM on the Road - Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail

  • When
    11 Apr 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • Location
    Pierre Menard Home

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  Join the Illinois Association of Museum and the Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Starting at 9:30am meet at the historic overlook for a historic overview of the site followed by a walk down to the historic fort. Fort Kaskaskia was constructed by the French ca. 1759 to defend the town of Kaskaskia. Founded in 1703, the town was for more than a century the region’s principal commercial center, also serving from 1818 to 1820 as the first capital of Illinois. The small fort, containing only a three-room barrack and a kitchen, was apparently never fully completed. The fort was periodically occupied by French or U.S. troops until 1807 and sheltered local settlers during Indian scares rising from the War of 1812.

  Following the Fort site visit, attendees will be invited to walk an additional 200 steps to the Pierre Menard Home, or drive to the site located at 4230 Kaskaskia Rd, Ellis Grove, where we will learn about the Museum and home and site improvements recently completed and underway.

  When the program wraps up around noon, attendees are invited to network at lunch at the historic St. Nicholas Landmark in Chester (www.stnicholasbrewco.com/snbclandmark).

  In the afternoon stay and appreciate other local landmarks and historic sites nearby while using the new Illinois America 250 Passport which all attendees will receive that day.  

  
  

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