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Staley Museum Restoration

Pavement Removal Provides Opportunity to Solve Tricky Problem

Restorations at the A.E. Staley Home in Decatur, Illinois

Sewer Main Will Be Replaced During Repairs to Driveway One additional problem we are facing with our beloved home is a collapsed sewer line, so we are taking advantage of the removal of the pavement to give us access to repair the sewer main. So in this picture, you see the loads of filler that […]

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Future Museum Parking is Being Repaved

Restoration of the Driveway and Parking Lot at the A.E. Staley Home in Decatur, Illinois

Parking Area Behind the Future Staley Museum The area between the main house and the carriage house has concrete in very poor condition. It is at this time being torn out and this area and the area where the mounds of dirt are located, will be repaved and be the future museum parking.

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Front Steps to be Repaired

Front Steps during Restoration of the A.E. Staley Home in Decatur, Illinois

Front Entrance Steps & Side Walk to Future Staley Museum to Undergo Renovations The steps at the front access to the home are also in very poor condition. They too will be repaired as will the front sidewalk access to the home and a sidewalk that rounds the south side of the home and leads […]

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Handicap Ramps & Parking Spaces Planned at Staley Museum

Handicap Accessibility at Staley Museum This is the back south corner of the Staley home, the future Staley Museum. This will be the location of the Handicap ramp and access to the museum.  The two handicap parking spaces will be located directly next to the ramp.

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Brick Side Walks Unearthed

Century-Old Original Brick Side Walks in the  Staley Museum Neighborhood In the fall of 2013, we were able to get one project finished before the harsh winter weather set in.  We had discovered that the original brick side walk put down by the city probably around 100 years ago, was actually still present and buried […]

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Museum Hours & Admission

Tuesday through Saturday year-round
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Last Sunday of the Month from March through November
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Admission
$3 for Adults & $1 for 17 and Under

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In the News

  • Staley Museum CLOSED Beginning November 20, 2020 until further notice

  • Staley Museum Reopens to Public July 7th

  • Officials vow Staley Museum will reopen after lightning strikes chimney, damages mansion

  • Staley Museum Temporarily Closed due to Lightning Damage

  • A Photo Tour Inside the Staley Office Building

  • Inside the ‘Castle in the Cornfields’

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