Museums in Illinois
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- 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
- Romeoville Area Historical Society
- Addison Historical Museum
- Kinder House
- Long Nine Museum
- Emma Kunz County Museum
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese
- Harvard Historical Museum
- Hasselberg Ag Museum
- Casa Italia
- Bellefontaine House
- Elmhurst Historical Museum
- De Moulin Museum
- Knox County Museum
- Indianola Museum
- National Great Rivers Museum
- Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum
- DeWitt County Museum
- Trutter Museum
- Simpkins Military History Museum
- Illinois Mining Museum
- Cobden Museum
- Willow Springs Historical Society
- Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum
- McHenry County Historical Society and Museum
- Tremont History Museum
- Stonefort Depot Museums
- La Grange Area Historical Society
- Heritage House Museum
- Holy Family Parish Hall & Museum
- Paulson's Agriculture Museum of Argyle
- Prairie Land Heritage Museam
- Kenilworth Historical Society
- Bureau County Historical Museum
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Visitor Center
- Atlanta Museum
- Catherine Yost House Museum
- American Farm Heritage Museum
- Old Knox County Courthouse
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
- Netzley-Yender House
- Ekdahl House Museum
- Gladys Fox Museum
- Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst
- Elgin History Museum
- Dreihaus Gallery of Stained Glass
- Illinois State Military Museum
- Carnegie Museum
- Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum
- Piatt County Museum
- Danville War Museum
- Wagner Farm Heritage Center
- Vanderpoel Art Museum
- Franklin Creek Grist Mill
- Kankakee County Museum
- Color Factory
- Shabbona - Lee - Rollo Historical Museum
- Mendota Museum & Historical Society
- Rockford Art Museum
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum
- Anita Purves Nature Center
- Elmhurst Art Museum
- Fern Dell Museum
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center
- Shea's Gas Station Museum
- Princeville Heritage Museum
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice
- Calumet City Historical Society
- Robert “Ish” Smith Museum
- Roselle History Museum
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago
- North Park Village Nature Center
- Northfield InnBuilt 1882
- Glenview History Center
- Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie
- Streatorland Historical Museum
- Little White School Museum
- Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center
- Oglesby Mansion
- Route 66 Dream Car Museum
- Edwardsville Children's Museum
- Sea History Museum
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
- St. Clair County Historical Society
- Wilmington Historical Society Building
- Center for American Archeology Museum
- Park Ridge Historical Society
- Town Hall
- The Haitian American Museum of Chicago
- Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center
- Oak Park River Forest Museum
- Harris Agriculture Museum
- Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center
- Illinois State Fair Museum
- Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum
- Geneseo Historical Museum
- Misselhorn Art Museum
- Waukegan History Museum
- Route 66 Arcade Museum
- Peck Farm
- Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum
- Sand Ridge Nature Center
- Presidential Pets and China
- Bourbonnais Grove Historical
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum
- Boxcar Museum
- Blacksmith Shop
- Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall
- Old Zion Museum
- Vermillion County Museum
- Katherine Dunham Museum
- Exploration Station Children's Museum
- Fairbury Echoes
- Historic Carthage Jail
- Erwin H. Weder Museum
- Heritage Farm Museum
- Superman Museum & Gift Shop
- The African American Museum at the England Manor
- Ronald Reagan Museum
- Homer Lake Interpretive Center
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery
- Lil' Red Barn Museum
- Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum
- Garfield Farm Museum
- Des Plaines History Museum
- Lakes Historic Society Building
- Evanston History Center
- City Museum
- Hyde Park Historical Society Museum
- Saint Charles History Museum
- American Doll and Toy Museum
- Denny's Corn Crib
- Winslow Historical Society and Museum
- Edgewater Historical Society
- Robbins Illinois History Museum
- Downers Grove Museum
- O'Fallon Historical Society
- History Center Of Lake Forest- Lake Bluff
- Carl R. Woese Museum
- Sugar Grove Historical Society
- Armed Forces Museum
- Lost Valley Visitor Center
- Erlander Home Museum
- Braidwood Area Historical Society
- Riverfront Museum Park
- Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society Museum
- Flagg Township Museum
- Plato Park Depot Museum
- Flagg Creek Historical Museum
- Bartlett Depot Museum
- Cleve Carney Museum of ArtBuilt 2019
- American Giants Museum
- Illinois Fire Museum
- Staley Museum
- Monastery Museum
- Fryxell Geology Museum
- Old Lace School Museum
- Labor & Industrial Museum
- African American Cultural Inc
- Rehn Farming Museum
- Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center
- Geneseo Historical Museum Stees Brothers Carriage House
- Morrisonville Museum
- Ag Museum
- School House Museum
- Children's Discovery Museum
- Museum of Hummels
- River Trail Nature Center
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC)
- Chatham Railroad Museum
- Air Classics Museum of Aviation
- MY Garage Museum & Retail Store
- Discovery Center Museum
- Dundee Township Historical Society
- Jerseyville County Historical Society
- Pike County All Wars Museum
- Fluorspar Museum
- Savanna Museum and Cultural Center
- Wyatt Earp Birthplace
- Western Illinois Museum
- Engine Number 73
- Stockton Heritage Museum
- Arcadia: America's Playable Arcade Museum
- Clark County Museum
- 1920s Wagner Farm House
- Poos Museum
- La Salle County Historical Museum
- Union School
- Norwood Park Historical Society
- Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center
- Beardstown River Museum
- Macoupin County Historical Society Museum
- Tiskilwa History Museum
- Graue HouseBuilt 1850
- Macon County History Museum
- Skokie Heritage Museum
- Bushnell Wheeler House
- Play Street Meuseum
- Museum of the Grand Prairie
- Warrenville Historical Society City Museum
- Chillicothe Area History Museum
- Niles Historical Society
- Historic Peterstown House
- Geneva Historical Society
- Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum
- Plainfield Historical Society Main Street Museum
- Coal Mine Museum
- Olde Towne Hall Village History
- Illinois Rural Heritage Museum
- Stone Mill Museum
- All Wars Museum
- Knoch Knolls Nature Center
- MACOUPIN COUNTY COAL MINING
- Evanston Ecology Center
- Millikin Homestead
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens
- Grant Township Museum
- Savanna Train Car Museum
- National Building Arts Center
- Bond County Museum
- Washington County Historical Society Museum
- USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame
- Paublo Agricultural Museum
- The Funderburg House
- Earlville History Museum
- Midway Village Museum
- Carterville Heritage Museum
- Wood River Refinery History Museum
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum
- Heritage Canyon
- Sheffield Historical Society
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66
- Hawthorne Hills Nature Center
- Northwest Territory Historic Center
- Monticello Railway Museum
- Henderson County Historical Society
- Downers Grove Museum
- Almira House
- Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center
- Chicago Maritime Museum
- Ethnic Heritage Museum
- African American Firefighters Museum
- Kruse House Museum
- Powers-Walker Historical HomesteadBuilt 1854
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum
- Museum of Illusions
- Brown Memorial Museum
- Farmhouse Museum
- Illinois Coal Museum
- Windmill Cultural Center
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House
- Hooten Cemetery
- Lake Bluff History Museum
- Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center
- Rock Island Railroad Museum
- Iroqouis County Historical Museum
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
- Museum at Lisle Station Park
- DuPage County Historical Museum
- Gretna Museum
- Wildwood Nature Center
- Madison County Historical MuseumNational Register
- Historical Society Oak Brook
- Douglas County Museum
- Lincoln Manahan Home Museum
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum
- Children's Museum of Illinois
- Exploratorium
- Pullman Archives
- SciTech Hands on Museum
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum
- Willis Snowmobile Museum
- Walt Disney Birthplace House
- Hieronymus Mueller Museum
- Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
- Sock Monkey Museum
- Hope Union Heritage CenterBuilt 1892
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois
- Severson Dells Nature Center
- Busy Beaver Button Museum
- School District 54 Nature Center
- Freeport Art Museum
- Riverside Historical Museum
- Centralia Historical Society
- Glen Ellyn Historical Society
- Brookfield Historical Society
- Livingston County War Museum
- Mascoutah Heritage Museum
- Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County
- Cairo Custom House MuseumBuilt 1872 · National Register
- Grayslake Heritage Center
- Legacy Museum
- Franklin County 1910's Garage Museum
- The Carbondale Depot Museum
- William L.Gregg House Museum
- Old School Museum
- Catlin Heritage Museum
- Wheeling Historical Society
- Weld House Museum
- Christian County Coal Mine Museum
- Bartlett Nature Center
- Glencoe Historical Society
- Farm Museum
- B-R-S Baseball Museum
- Warren County History Museum
- Rock Island Depot Museum
- Williamsville Public Library & Museum
- Chicago Athenaeum
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum
- Wood River Museum and Visitor Center
- Rantoul Historical Society
- Giant City Visitor Center
- Thomson Depot Museum
- Lincoln Heritage Museum
- Heritage Museum of Asian Art
- WNDR Museum
- Tinker Swiss Cottage & Gardens
- African American Hall of Fame
- Northern Illinois Fire Museum
- Francis Stupey Log Cabin Museum
- Bethalto Historical Museum
- Bloomingdale Park District Museum
- Glen Carbon Heritage Museum
- Long Grove Historical Society
- Heath Museum & Confectionery
- History Museum on the Square
- Museums at Lisle Station Park
- Lemont Area Historical Society Museum
- Itasca Historical Depot Museum
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History
- Rheinberger Museum
- Lorado Taft Museum
- Emily Oak Nature Center
- Dunham Hunt Museum
- Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center
- Illinois Aviation Museum
- Grundy County Historical Society
- Cedarville Historical Museum
- Harman House MuseumBuilt 1996
- Historic Train Depot
- Morrison's Heritage MuseumNational Register
- Family Living Center
- Heritage in Flight Museum
- Glencoe Historical Society
- Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum
- Forman Depot Museum
- Mount Prospect Historical Society
- Car Museum
- Winnetka Historical Society
- Fayette County Museum
- Garfield Farm Museum
- John Marshall House Museum
- Union Station
- Menard County Historical Museum
- Farmington Historical Museum
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall
- Deere-Wiman House
- Wabash County Museum District
- McDonald Farm
- Prairie Aviation Museum
- Old Slave House - Closed to the Public
- Westville Depot Historical Museum
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
- Red Bud Area Museum
- Clay County Historical Society
- Hinsdale Historical Society
- Robert Rutherford McCormick Mansion Museum
- Wayne County Historical Museum
- Kibbe Museum
- Raupp Museum
- Platen Press Printing Museum
- Farmhouse Museum
- Early Streets Museum
- Eyestone School Museum
- Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center
- Hunzinger Museum
- Hedges Station
- Schuyler Jail Museum & Gnlgcl
- Quincy Museum
- Boone County Historical Museum
- Ridge Historical Society
- Discovery Depot Children's Museum
- Byron Museum
- Jones House
- Vermilion County Museum
- Lombard Historical Society- Victorian Cottage Museum, Carriage House, and Lilac Emporium Gift Shop
- Chicago Center for Green Technology
- Saline County Area Museum
- Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum
- Slovenian Women's Union and Heritage Museum
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum
- Amboy Depot Museum
- Monroe City SchoolBuilt 1918
- Rolling Meadows Historical Museum
- Project XV Museum
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music