The Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum is in Pontiac, Illinois.
Pontiac is a major Route 66 heritage center in central Illinois. The museum displays memorabilia, photographs, artifacts, and vehicles connected with the highway and with people who traveled or promoted it. The collection includes material associated with Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire.
The museum is part of a wider group of attractions in Pontiac, including murals, historic buildings, and other local museums. The city’s position along the Illinois alignment helped it develop as a stopping place during the highway’s active years.
Pontiac’s museum should not be confused with the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma, or the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton. Those institutions interpret the highway from different regional perspectives. Illinois also contains other notable Route 66 museums, but Pontiac is specifically associated with the Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum.