We need to know more about McLean County food habits in the past.

Click on the subject links below to learn about some of the topics Guest Curator Robert Dirks and museum volunteers are exploring and how you can contribute to this project.

Hog Potatoes
The Summer Kitchen
Gourmet Cooking
Convenience Shopping

New Exhibit

Work has begun on a major new exhibit at the McLean County Museum of History.  The exhibit, scheduled to open in 2008, will tell the story of local food habits from about 1830  to the beginning of the 21st century.  It will explore how local food and drink changed in response to regional, national, and international influences and how developments in McLean County affected eating and drinking well beyond its borders.