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Ill. State Museum launches ag history Web site

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois State Museum has launched a Web site dedicated to the history of Illinois Agriculture.

The Web site is called the Audio-Video Barn and features 300 hours of interviews with more than 130 people involved in Illinois agriculture since 1880.

The video and audio interviews were generated during a two-year oral history project conducted by the museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

The Web site is avbarn.museum.state.il.us.
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