Spurlock Museum

The Spurlock Museum

The Spurlock Museum is located at 600 S Gregory St in Urbana in between the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. It is a cultural museum which celebrates our shared humanity by collecting, preserving, documenting, exhibiting, and studying objects of cultural heritage.

Facilities

• The museum has five feature galleries inside which house exhibits representing peoples of the following cultures and geographic areas of the world: Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and Africa; Ancient Greece and Rome; East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania; Europe; and American Indian Cultures of North and South America.
• The Campbell Gallery, featuring exhibits that change twice a year.
• The 215-seat Knight Auditorium, site of lectures by local and visiting scholars as well as performances by musicians, dancers, actors, storytellers, and choral groups.
• The Dene W. and Marie C. Zahn Learning Center is a multipurpose space designed to support independent learning as well as program activities. Resources include computers with online access and a small specialized library for browsing. Visitors of all ages enjoy engaged learning through access to teaching artifacts, computer interactives, games, crafts, and more. Public hours vary.
• The World Heritage Museum Guild Educational Resource Center, the source of a wide assortment of educational materials for instructors.

Museum Hours

• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday: 12-5
• Wed, Thurs, Fri: 9-5
• Saturday: 10-4
• Sunday: 12-4

Admission

• Free, suggested donation is $3.

Contact

• Phone: 217-333-2360
• Fax: 217-244-9419
• Teletypewriter: 217-333-6030