Thank You for Supporting the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society

The Museum Society provides vital support to the Cahokia Mounds Historic Site
which has been designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Your support ensures that the Museum Society is able to continue such unique endeavors as:

• Protecting the Site - Our Land Acquisition Program reacquires portions of this prehistoric city, protecting the land from being destroyed by urban development.

• Supporting Archaeological Research – To interpret the past for today’s community.

• Educating the Public – The Site serves as many as 350,000 visitors yearly from all fifty states and over eighty foreign countries. Here are just a few of our free programs.
  o Kids Day: This event features numerous hands-on activities, crafts, games and Indian dancing to teach today’s youth of the culture that existed here over 1,000 years ago.
  o Lecture Series: From January through April CMMS hosts a different lecturer each month to teach of Native Americans and archaeology.
  o Nature/Culture Hikes: Offered in the Spring and Fall by a staff archaeologist and a botanical specialist.
  o Equinox & Solstice Sunrises: Observed at the reconstructed Woodhenge, with an explanation of the discovery and function of the ancient calendar.

•Supporting the Arts – The site offers a venue for Native American artists from across the country to display and sell their artwork and crafts and to teach visitors about traditional and contemporary processes.
  o Contemporary Indian Art Show: A two-day juried art show and sale each July.
  o Indian Market Days: Offers a unique holiday shopping experience over Thanksgiving Weekend.
  o North American Indian Photography Contest: Features photography of Native culture.

Please join us today in protecting and preserving Cahokia Mounds. Your gift makes a meaningful difference.
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