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The Chicago Athenaeum, an international museum, has opened a new satellite facility in Galena that features contemporary art, architecture and photography from around the world.

Admission: Non Museum members $3.00; Students and Seniors $2.00.
Hours: Available by appointment with special tours at reduced rates.
Address: 601 South Prospect Street
Phone: 815-777-4444
Our Email: tcamuseum@netscape.net
Our Website:www.chi-athenaeum.org/

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Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site

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Galena/Jo Daviess County History Museum

Housed in the 1858 Daniel A. Barrows mansion where much of the home's original detail still exists, the museum exhibits include Civil War, mining, steamboating, clothing, geology, dolls, toys. Original 1830

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Galena Cellars Vineyard Tasting Room

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Galena Birding

Birding trips to the banks of the Mississippi, mature woodlands or open meadows last approximately 2 1/2

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Washburne House State Historic Site

This renovated site was home to popular Congressman and political adviser to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, and ambassador to France (1869-1877). Grant's election night news was received here via telegraph. Washburne's house was completed in 1845

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The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site

Galena/Jo Daviess County History Museum

Galena Cellars Vineyard Tasting Room

Galena Birding

Washburne House State Historic Site

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