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NEWS RELEASE- World premiere of Finding Titanic: The Secret Mission comes to Peoria- SEE RELEASE (Sent 4/15/25) NEWS RELEASE- Peoria Riverfront Museum Joins Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator for Arts and Culture Program and the Bloomberg Connects App- SEE RELEASE (Sent 4/1/25) NEWS RELEASE- Classic Disney Exhibition Opens at Peoria Riverfront Museum - SEE RELEASE (Sent 3/13/25) NEWS RELEASE- 1776 Declaration of Independence headlines objects coming to Peoria Riverfront Museum in 2026- SEE RELEASE (Sent 2/21/25) NEWS RELEASE- First-ever Exhibition Celebrates Custom Car Culture and the First National Car Show Started in Peoria, Illinois- SEE RELEASE (Sent 1/27/25) NEWS RELEASE- Original MLK “I Have a Dream” Speech Advance Text Document Arrives at Peoria Riverfront Museum- SEE RELEASE (Sent 1/20/25) NEWS RELEASE- Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Rucker Family Science Teacher Program Provides Free Education Supplies- SEE RELEASE (Sent 1/6/25) NEWS RELEASE- Peoria Riverfront Museum Achievement Passport Earns Big Prizes, Rewards- SEE RELEASE (Sent 1/3/25) NEWS RELEASE- Solitude: The Necessity of Art Featuring Major Works from Crystal Bridges- SEE RELEASE (Sent 10/28/4) NEWS RELEASE- Faces of a Nation: The American Political Textile Collection of Mark and Rosalind Shenkman SEE RELEASE (Sent 9/9/24) NEWS RELEASE- Glenn Ligon: I Am Somebody First Time in Peoria, the Exhibition of Famed Artist’s Work Opens September 5 at Peoria Riverfront Museum- SEE RELEASE (Sent 8/30/24) NEWS RELEASE- Peoria Riverfront Museum and Peoria Tribe Celebrate First-of-its-Kind Collaboration- SEE RELEASE (Sent 8/22/24) NEWS RELEASE- Discovery Channel’s Tattoo Hunter Lars Krutak Speaks in Peoria- SEE RELEASE (Sent 7/29/24) NEWS RELEASE- Silent Films from MoMA returns with The Navigator, accompanied by Dr. Joshua Russell- SEE RELEASE (Sent 7/26/24) NEWS RELEASE - New Series Pairs Film with Art for the First Time at Peoria Riverfront Museum SEE RELEASE (Sent 7/2/24) NEWS RELEASE- "Good Trouble Quilts" exhibition celebrating life, legacy of Congressman John Lewis makes Midwest debut in Peoria- SEE RELEASE ( Sent 6/27/24) NEWS RELEASE- Ken Burns named guest curator for America 250 exhibition at Peoria Riverfront Museum (Sent 6/26/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE- Jim Henson, Muppets Playing in Peoria with New Exhibition at the Peoria Riverfront Museum (Sent 6/6/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Renowned Artist Alfred Conteh Returns to Peoria for First-Ever Portrait Unveiling, Documentary (Sent 5/16/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Sharks Makes Peoria Debut May 25 at Peoria Riverfront Museum (Sent 5/20/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Grammy Award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn returns to Peoria Riverfront Museum on June 1 (Sent 5/15/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Peoria Riverfront Museum Acquires Louis XV Plate, Most Important Decorative Art Piece for Collection Since Opening (Sent 4/30/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: The Museum of Modern Art in New York Chooses Peoria for Silent Film Series (Sent 4/8/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Peoria Riverfront Museum Hosts Free Solar Eclipse Watch Party April 8 With Community Partners (Sent 3/12/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Peoria Riverfront Museum Hosts Madam C.J. Walker Biographer A'Lelia Bundles to Speak about her Great-great-grandmother and Annie Malone (Sent 2/21/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theater Debuts Latest Technology, New Dual Laser Projectors, 21-Speaker Upgraded Sound, Feb. 1 (Sent 2/1/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Peoria Riverfront Museum Premieres New Documentary Highlighting the Works of Peoria Artist Preston Jackson (Sent 1/25/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Robert Colescott's Monumental "Miss Liberty" is on Public Display for the First Time in Peoria Riverfront Museum's Newest Exhibition, "FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art" (Sent 1/10/24) - SEE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE: Internationally renowned pianist Dr. Tony Karam returns to Peoria Riverfront Museum for Steinway Sessions debut Dec. 8 (Sent 11/30/23)- SEE RELEASE