Museums in Illinois
Collections with a door and posted hours, from county history to aviation and rail. What the record knows about each is what the page says.
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514 museums are published in Illinois. The list below holds the 243 best-documented.
- McLean County Museum of History
- Cuneo Mansion
- David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
- Isle La Cache Museum
- National Hellenic Museum
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum
- Leather Archives and Museum
- John Deere Historic Site
- Kohl Childrens Museum
- National Museum of Mexican Art
- Dillon Home MuseumNational Register
- Polish Museum of America
- Galesburg Railroad Museum
- Illinois Railway Museum
- Money Museum
- Chicago Children's Museum
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Chicago Architecture Center
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office
- George M Verity Riverboat MuseumBuilt 1927 · National Register
- Robert Kennicott HouseNational Register
- DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
- Chicago Sports Museum
- Richard H. Driehaus Museum
- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
- First Infantry Division Museum
- Bronzeville Children's Museum
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
- Wonder Works Children's Museum
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House
- Western Springs Water Tower
- Krannert Art Museum
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
- Depot Museum
- Irish American Heritage Center
- Sharp Museum
- National Public Housing Museum
- Graue MillNational Register
- Chess Studio
- Henry B. Clarke House
- Spurlock Museum
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Museum
- National Museum of the American Sailor
- Elgin Public Museum
- Alton Museum of History and Art
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago
- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Loyola University Museum of Art
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
- McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
- Obama Presidential Center Museum
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
- Washburne House State Historic SiteBuilt 1844 · National Register
- Naper Settlement
- Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum
- Chicago History Museum
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
- Vachel Lindsay HomeBuilt 1960
- Volo Auto Museum
- Old Eldorado City HallBuilt 1924
- William Tanner House Museum
- Villa Park Historical Society MuseumNational Register
- National Veterans Art Museum
- Ukrainian National Museum
- International Museum of Surgical Science
- Swedish American Museum
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum
- Burpee Museum
- Williamson County Historical Museum
- Field Museum
- Stephen Mack Home
- Illinois Holocaust Museum Presents Experience360
- Fox River Trolley Museum
- Ansel B. Cook House
- Will County Historical Museum and Research CenterNational Register
- Vandalia State House State Historic Site
- The Viking Ship
- Wilmette Historical Museum
- Russell Military Museum
- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
- Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Fulton (Martin House) MuseumNational Register
- Stephenson County Historical Museum
- Robert Allerton EstateNational Register
- Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands CenterBuilt 2005
- Old Market HouseBuilt 1845
- Dowling HouseBuilt 1826
- General Grants HomeNational Register
- Apple River Fort State Historic Site
- John Hauberg Indian Museum
- Illinois State Museum
- The Renaissance Society
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum
- Pettingill-Morron HouseBuilt 1868 · National Register
- Ellwood House Museum
- Kidzeum of Health and ScienceBuilt 2018-07-21
- 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson HouseNational Register
- Air Combat Museum
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum
- American Writers Museum
- John Deere Pavillion
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
- Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum
- Dickson Mounds Museum
- Rock Island Arsenal MuseumBuilt 1876 · National Register
- Metamora Court House State Historic SiteNational Register
- Grayslake Historical Museum
- Aurora Regional Fire Museum
- James B. Stockdale Museum
- DuPage Children's Museum
- Wheels O' Time Museum
- Kinder House
- Long Nine Museum
- Emma Kunz County Museum
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese
- Harvard Historical Museum
- Cobden Museum
- Willow Springs Historical Society
- Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum
- McHenry County Historical Society and Museum
- Stonefort Depot Museums
- Paulson's Agriculture Museum of Argyle
- Bureau County Historical Museum
- Atlanta Museum
- American Farm Heritage Museum
- Ekdahl House Museum
- Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst
- Illinois State Military Museum
- Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum
- Danville War Museum
- Wagner Farm Heritage Center
- Vanderpoel Art Museum
- Franklin Creek Grist Mill
- Shabbona - Lee - Rollo Historical Museum
- Rockford Art Museum
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum
- Anita Purves Nature Center
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center
- Princeville Heritage Museum
- Northfield InnBuilt 1882
- Glenview History Center
- Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center
- Wilmington Historical Society Building
- Center for American Archeology Museum
- Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum
- Misselhorn Art Museum
- Sand Ridge Nature Center
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum
- Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall
- Old Zion Museum
- Historic Carthage Jail
- Ronald Reagan Museum
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery
- Lil' Red Barn Museum
- Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum
- Lakes Historic Society Building
- Hyde Park Historical Society Museum
- Saint Charles History Museum
- Denny's Corn Crib
- Edgewater Historical Society
- Carl R. Woese Museum
- Armed Forces Museum
- Lost Valley Visitor Center
- Riverfront Museum Park
- Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society Museum
- Cleve Carney Museum of ArtBuilt 2019
- American Giants Museum
- Staley Museum
- Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center
- Children's Discovery Museum
- River Trail Nature Center
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC)
- Discovery Center Museum
- Clark County Museum
- Beardstown River Museum
- Macoupin County Historical Society Museum
- Graue HouseBuilt 1850
- Museum of the Grand Prairie
- Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum
- Evanston Ecology Center
- USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame
- Midway Village Museum
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum
- Monticello Railway Museum
- Almira House
- Powers-Walker Historical HomesteadBuilt 1854
- Museum of Illusions
- Farmhouse Museum
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House
- Hooten Cemetery
- Iroqouis County Historical Museum
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
- DuPage County Historical Museum
- Douglas County Museum
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum
- Exploratorium
- Walt Disney Birthplace House
- Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
- Hope Union Heritage CenterBuilt 1892
- Severson Dells Nature Center
- Freeport Art Museum
- Riverside Historical Museum
- Livingston County War Museum
- Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County
- Cairo Custom House MuseumBuilt 1872 · National Register
- Bartlett Nature Center
- Glencoe Historical Society
- Rock Island Depot Museum
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum
- Lincoln Heritage Museum
- Tinker Swiss Cottage & Gardens
- History Museum on the Square
- Lemont Area Historical Society Museum
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History
- Emily Oak Nature Center
- Dunham Hunt Museum
- Cedarville Historical Museum
- Harman House MuseumBuilt 1996
- Family Living Center
- Winnetka Historical Society
- Fayette County Museum
- Menard County Historical Museum
- Prairie Aviation Museum
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
- Red Bud Area Museum
- Robert Rutherford McCormick Mansion Museum
- Kibbe Museum
- Farmhouse Museum
- Eyestone School Museum
- Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center
- Hedges Station
- Quincy Museum
- Boone County Historical Museum
- Ridge Historical Society
- Byron Museum
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum
- Monroe City SchoolBuilt 1918
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music