Peoria Riverfront Museum, Interactive museum in downtown Peoria, United States.
The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a science and art museum in downtown Peoria, located along the Illinois River. It has five exhibition galleries covering topics that range from regional art and natural science to history, and the building also contains a giant screen theater and a planetarium.
The museum opened in 2012 as a successor to the Lakeview Museum, which had served the city since 1965. The move to the riverfront brought together several cultural institutions under one roof in a new downtown location.
The museum displays artworks, natural science objects, and historical pieces tied to the Peoria region. Visitors can see local crafts and everyday objects that show how life in the area has changed over generations.
The museum is on the riverfront in central Peoria and can be reached on foot from many parts of downtown. Inside, the galleries are clearly laid out, so it is easy to move between the different sections at your own pace.
The museum serves as the sun in a scale model of the solar system that spreads across the Peoria region, with each planet placed at a different location around the city. Visiting all the planets means traveling a route that mirrors the true proportions of the solar system.
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