Glen Carbon Heritage Museum

06/17/2026

The Historical and Museum Commission wrote about Glen Carbon Parks for our May article. Read more here: https://conta.cc/4uFwrFi

Email from Glen Carbon Heritage Museum May 2026 Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Glen Carbon Heritage Museum | Location: 124 School Street Mailing: 151 N. Main Street | Glen Carbon,

06/15/2026

Thank you to the Madison County Extension Education Foundation for including the Yanda Cabin Garden on the 2026 Garden Tours! Volunteers from the Village of Glen Carbon's G.L.E.N. Committee and the museum and cabin were there to welcome guests and encourage them to make a return visit. Stop by the 1850s period garden at the Yanda Cabin to explore for yourself!

06/12/2026

Thank you so much to the Village of Glen Carbon Senior Center Woodcarvers Club for creating and donating the new sign for the Yanda Cabin Garden! It is beautiful and is such a great addition. Stop by to visit and check out the period garden with 1850s plants!

06/08/2026

The Heritage Museum is now closed until July 6th! We are already busy taking things down and moving cases so that everything can be painted. We apologize for the inconvenience but look forward to seeing you all in July!

The interior refresh is expected to be completed in time for a July reopening.
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06/03/2026

We have good news and bad.

The good news is that the museum's interior is getting a fresh paint job! Everything will be nice and clean when it is finished.

The bad news is that the Heritage Museum will have to be closed from Monday, June 8th through Sunday, July 5th. We will reopen on Monday, July 6th for our regular hours. You can still visit our booth at Homecoming and sit at the Yanda Cabin for the Homecoming parade!

We apologize for the inconvenience but we hope you understand our efforts to maintain this historic building.

05/30/2026

A group from Woodlawn Cemetery has put together a tombstone preservation workshop! On Saturday, June 6th, the Glen Carbon Heritage Museum is hosting the classroom portion of the workshop. After a lunch break, participants will get hands on training at Woodlawn Cemetery. Tickets are required, see registration page for details.

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Join us at historic Woodlawn Cemetery for a unique hands-on Tombstone Preservation Workshop led by certified preservationist Angie Wagner. Participants will learn the proper, cemetery-safe methods for cleaning and preserving historic gravestones using approved techniques and materials.This interacti...