Quincy, Illinois is located across the river from Hannibal. Like Hannibal, Quincy is rich with history and is a great place to spend a day. Below is a list of museums and places to visit in Quincy, take a day and enjoy another one of the areas treasures.
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Museums

Commence with a beautiful location -- on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. Add a wealth of authentically restored architecture; top it off with tree-lined streets that serve as a welcome mat for visitors from near and far, and it's not hard to see why thousands of visitors return to Quincy year after year. Topping the list of Quincy's attractions is several museums featuring a list of different exhibits. Many of the museums are famous homes of famous past residents. Some museums boast a wealth of outstanding architecture. And others are famous sites or monuments. But all of the museums hold a special place in Quincy's history and even our nation's history.

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The All Wars Museum is appropriately located on the grounds of one of our nation's largest and oldest veterans homes, the Illinois Veterans Home of Quincy. Its presence honors Illinois veterans; its contents reflect important moments in military history.

The museum's exhibits span military involvement from the American Revolution to Desert Storm. Displays include military uniforms of numerous periods, models of famous World War II battleships and aircraft, flags, weapons and a full-scale replica of a Revolutionary War cannon. A showcase collection of patches, ribbons and medals, including the Medal of Honor awarded to the late Corp. Lester Hammond of Quincy, is of interest to all ages.

Gardener Museum of Architecture and Design occupies a Richardsonian Romanesque building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by the Chicago firm of Patton and Fisher, the old library's broadly connected interior spaces and natural butternut trim and casework have been carefully preserved during its conversion to a museum. The reading room on the second floor, with its vaulted ceiling, remains one of the finest interiors in the city.

Along with two temporary exhibits each year, the museum houses two permanent exhibits. "A Kaleidoscope of American Architecture" tells the history of Quincy's beautiful buildings. Through photographs and artifacts, it explains the basic materials of construction, as well as the different styles of American architecture in a hundred-year march from Greek Revival to Art Deco and beyond.
The second-floor exhibit, "Aspirations in Glass," is a spectacular display of history in stained glass from churches in Quincy and the surrounding areas.

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The Governor John Wood Mansion is the restored home of Quincy's founder and the 12th governor of Illinois, John Wood. German carpenters, stone masons and craftsmen built the 14-room structure. John Wood personally selected the timbers for its construction, which was begun in 1835 and completed in 1838.

Originally located one block west of its present location, the house was moved to its present site at the request of Wood in 1864. The building was acquired by the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County in 1907. This was the first act of historic preservation in the State of Illinois. The structure is acknowledged in the National Register of Historic Places. The mansion is recognized by historians and architects as one of the Midwest's finest existing examples of Greek Revival architecture.

There are many other museums in Quincy that have historical significance. Others that should be considered are: the Lincoln-Douglas Valentine Museum, which houses a large collection of Valentines; the Mississippi Valley Historic Auto Club Museum, featuring 35 cars from 1917 to 1977, and the Prairie Mill Windmill and Museum, which was constructed in 1872. Quincy is home to many museums that demand a visit, take time and spend a day looking into the past.

For more information on the museums or Quincy, contact the Quincy Convention and Visitors Bureau, (800) 97-VISIT.