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Welcome to the website for the Maryville Heritage Museum located in Maryville, Illinois. Our museum is inside the old village hall/firehouse that was constructed in 1916. The museum is located at 112 East Zupan Street, one block off of highway 159. This page will be constantly changing, so keep checking back often.
Maryville Heritage Museum and our 1958 Seagrave fire engine. The Maryville Heritage Museum is looking for a couple 12 volt hand lanterns from the 1960’s/70’s. We would like to have them mounted onto the 1958 Seagrave fire engine. If you have any old hand lanterns, similar to the pictures, please email us if you would like to donate them. Please email to: maryvilleheritagemuseum@gmail.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- The regular meeting day of the Maryville Heritage Museum committee is on the third Monday of the month at 10:00 am, at the museum, 112 East Zupan Street.
- The museum committee is always looking for donations of any items regarding Maryville or her history. Contact us below if you have any to donate.
- The museum is looking for additional volunteers to help our committee. Volunteers are also needed to help to do online research and moving/carrying objects. Please send us an email if you are interested.
- The museum is looking for older style 6 volt battery lanterns. Pictures are above. Please email the museum if you have one to donate.
- The museum is open on the first and third Saturday of each month. The museum times are from noon until 2:00 pm. If you have a special request to visit the museum, please contact the museum committee at 618-223-8902 or email museum@maryville-il.us for more information.
- The museum is still looking for any items of clothing made from old grain or feed sacks. We are particularly looking for any type of patterned clothing such as dresses, aprons, scarves. We are also looking for old wooden crates or bushel baskets.
- In July 2019 “The Friends of the Maryville Heritage Museum, Inc.” a 501c3 was formed to support and preserve the history of Maryville through the Maryville Heritage Museum by providing: Education to the community and local schools, Financial assistance through fundraising and donations and Initiating expansion, improvements, projects and special events. The “Friends of the Maryville Heritage Museum” sells museum t-shirts, ornaments and books and also provides a way for members of the community, businesses and organizations to make financial donations to support the Maryville Heritage Museum. Please email: friendsofthemhm@gmail.com for more information.
Featured Museum Items
Each month we will feature items from the Maryville Heritage Museum collection. This month we are featuring some of the unique items in the museum.
| These photographs are a small sample of items in the museum collection representing Maryville life. The museum has similar photos and items on display in the museum. We are always looking for old photographs or other items relating to Maryville life. |
The Maryville Heritage Museum has many photographs in the museum. Some photographs are often difficult to display in the museum for all to enjoy. We will be posting many of these photographs, depicting life growing up in Maryville on this page. The photos displayed will change from time to time. If you have any photographs to donate, or we can scan them for you, so you can keep your original, contact us below.
Do you know what this is? What was it used for?
How about this item? Do you know what this item does?
The museum committee found this item for sale locally and has it on display at the museum. Have you seen it, do you know what it is?
Where was this business located at? What is or was this item used for?
What is this thing? What was it used to do? Do you have any idea?
What about this item? Do you know what this is?
These were used all over the Village of Maryville in the past. Do you know what this is?
This was used during the 1970’s. What is it and what was it used for?
Do you know what all these items are? Can you answer the questions for each item shown above?
The FIRST person who emails us with the CORRECT answer for each of the above photographs will win their choice of a new Maryville Heritage Museum baseball cap or a museum labeled water bottle. Since I was late getting this site updated, we’ll continue this contest until the end of February. Good luck.
Have something to donate, have a question or comment, or just want to contact the museum? Please fill out the form below and someone will get back to you.
Correspondence should be mailed to:
Maryville Heritage Museum 2520 North Center, Maryville, IL 62062
Maryville Heritage Museum 