PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- One Peoria staple is becoming a teenager on Monday, celebrating its thirteenth birthday.

"Today is the 13th anniversary of the only multidisciplinary museum of its kind in America. Museum of Art, Science, history, achievement, film, society and planetarium all in one inspirational place," said John Morris, president and CEO of the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

For their 10th anniversary, they were gifted an amethyst crystal, which is the tallest standing amethyst crystal in any museum in the country. For this year's anniversary, they plan to open an exhibit about the promise of liberty in America.

"More than 100 original documents related to the promise of liberty in America are coming from the Declaration of Independence, the Martin Luther King Junior's I Have a Drea

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