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Midcentury Modern Home Tours

Event Type: Exhibition
Sponsor: Krannert Art Museum, Champaign County History Museum, and School of Architecture
Location: Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
Date: May 31, 2025 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Contact: Krannert Art Museum
E-Mail: kam@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-333-1861
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Originating Calendar: Krannert Art Museum Events; Join us for a panel discussion (10:30 am) and tours (1–5 pm) in conjunction with the Krannert Art Museum exhibition Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture (on view through July 12).
This day-long event begins with a panel presentation at 10:30 am at Krannert Art Museum on preservation and midcentury modern architecture, in celebration of Preservation Month.
In the afternoon, from 1–5 pm, four featured homes will be open for tours: the Margaret Erlanger House by Jack Baker in west Urbana, the Jack Baker Loft and Studio in downtown Champaign, A. Richard Williams’s Pallachutheril Residence in Champaign, and the Japanese House and Gardens of James A. and Lorene M. Bier by John Replinger.
The panel discussion is free and open to the public. Tickets to the home tours are $35 and benefit the Champaign County History Museum. Limited quantity. Purchase Home Tour tickets >
Pictured: Jack Baker Loft and Studio. Photo: Phillip Kalantzis-Cope.
Presented in partnership with the Champaign County History Museum and cosponsored by the School of Architecture.