Save the Date for the evening of Saturday, July 20, 2019! In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Chicago Bears, the Staley Museum is proud to present the history of the Decatur Staley football team, as told by local historian Mark Sorensen. Admission will be waived for this outdoor event in favor of donations […]

No matter the time — or the cost — Laura Jahr said the A.E. Staley Museum will open its doors again. Her promise came after lightning during a storm exploded one of the six chimneys Sunday, July 1, at the museum, which is in the Staley Mansion at 361 N. College St. No one was […]

Staley Museum Temporarily Closed due to Lightning Damage The Staley Museum was struck by lightning on Sunday evening, July 1st, 2018. Due to serious damage on the roof and some damage to the interior, the Museum will remain closed until repairs can be completed. Please check our website and Facebook for updates on our progress […]

From Decatur’s Herald & Review | April 13, 2018 On April 18, 2018, Decatur’s Staley Museum hosted “A Night Inside the Staley Office Building”, which gave visitors a rare opportunity to tour the interior of the Tate and Lyle offices, formerly the Staley Administration Building. Visit PHOTOS: A Tour Inside the Staley Office Building to […]

From Decatur’s Herald & Review | April 14, 2018 If a dramatic building could ever transmute into limestone, marble, bronze, glass, wood and steel the essence of the man who inspired it, Decatur industrial baron Augustus Eugene Staley’s former corporate headquarters is the place. Completed for him 88 years ago in April 1930, the building […]

Staley Museum Celebrates 1st Anniversary with ‘Light Up the Night’ Event Tate & Lyle joins the community in celebrating the first anniversary of the Staley Museum. To mark the occasion, Tate & Lyle will “light up the night” by illuminating the Staley Administration building with its’ fully-restored network of colored flood lights. Visit the museum […]

The “Go Red” luncheon took place Friday at the Staley Museum. It’s the first time Decatur has hosted the event. The event featured lunch and cocktails and a presentation from Dr. Karen Larimer of DePaul Univeristy. Dr. Larimer is the President of the American Heart Association’s Chicago Board of Directors. She has worked with dozens […]

Now that their exhibits are complete and a sign has been put up, the Staley Museum was officially welcomed to Decatur by the Greater Decatur Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. The Greater Chamber held a ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon – a month and a half after the Museum opened their doors to the public.  The museum […]

In Dr. Karen Larimer’s 25 years as a nurse, she worked with thousands of patients and their families suffering with cardiovascular disease. Larimer did plenty in that time to help those patients but wanted to do more. “I started thinking about what we need to do as health care providers to try and improve how […]

Saturday marked the official opening of the Staley Museum. The idea has been in the works since 2013, and after the Staley Museum Foundation purchased the Staley Mansion, it was time to begin a trip back in time. A.E. Staley was a prominent business man and helped create and venture some of the landmark’s Decatur […]