University Museum (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)

University Museum
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Established 1874
Location Faner Hall, Door #12
1000 Faner Drive
Mail Code 4508
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Accreditation American Association of Museums[1] since 1977
Founder Dr. Cyrus Thomas (1871)
Director Dona Bachman
Curator Alison Erazmus (Exhibits)
Susannah Munson (Anthropology)
Nearest parking Public metered parking available across from the Student Center and beside Woody Hall.
Website museum.siu.edu

The University Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is part of the College of Liberal Arts, and is housed in Faner Hall on the SIUC campus. The University Museum has been a repository of artifacts since Dr. Cyrus Thomas was commissioned to begin collecting for a museum by the first board of Trustees of Southern Illinois Normal University some time before 1871.[2] Originally housed in the building know as "Old Main", the museum first opened to the public in 1874, the museum is considered to be an "encyclopedic museum", and is currently the only museum of its type in the Southern Illinois region.

The museum have been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (formerly the American Association of Museums)[3] since 1977.

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