McLean County Museum of History expands outreach digitally

Posted on March 25, 2020
McLean County Museum of History
The museum says during this time the staff has been meeting regularly through the Zoom app.  Only essential staff have been working at the museum to ensure facilities and archives remain safe. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – While Illinoisans continue to shelter-in-place due to the coronavirus the McLean County Museum of History is expanding its outreach digitally.

Education Program Coordinator Hannah Johnson says the museum has put together a list of resources on various digital platforms.

“We are putting together resource packets to share with school administrators, educators, students and museum visitors,” she said.  “We also started a digital series called MUSE 2U which is our way to share activities that are museum and exhibit inspired that you can do from the comfort of your home.”

Those resources and the MUSE 2U program are on the museum’s website, mchistory.org, Facebook and Instagram.

Meanwhile, the museum says during this time the staff has been meeting regularly through the Zoom app.  Only essential staff have been working at the museum to ensure facilities and archives remain safe.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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