Wonder Works Children's Museum
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Wonder Works Children's Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Park Patio, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Wonder Works is a children's museum, a non-profit corporation established in 2002, located in the village of Oak Park, Illinois. It is the successor to the Children's Museum of Oak Park, established in 1993. The museum is dedicated to the principle of offering a fun, largely self-directed playing and learning place for children. Occupying its own building in one of the village's business districts, the museum attracted seventy thousand visitors in 2017. They enjoyed the facilities as drop-in visitors, as museum members, as birthday party invitees, or as special-event attendees. The museum funds its operations by means of the sale of visitor day passes, yearly memberships, proceeds from special events, and fundraising. Special events generally include value-added educational programs for adults and kids, with most special events being included with general admission. Wonder Works is managed by a board of directors comprising members of the local community; a CEO; DOO, museum floor managers; an education team, and a number of full-, part-time, or volunteer associates in various roles. The museum hosts an annual event called "Off the Wall", in which local teens created a mural under the direction of local artist Carolyn Elaine.
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Dates from 1993.
Wikidata Q8031784, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 9 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Park Patio: 0.4 mi
- Evans Field Grove #1: 2.1 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow Grove #1: 2.2 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #1: 2.4 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #2: 2.4 mi
- Jo & Bob Heitch: 0.4 mi
- Robert Carson: 0.5 mi
- Alex Lizcano Knittle: 0.5 mi
- Gold Star Men of the World War: 0.7 mi
- A Child's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Taylor Park: 0.4 mi
- Amundsen Park: 0.5 mi
- Andersen Park: 0.7 mi
- Field Park: 0.8 mi
- Lindberg Park: 0.8 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 0.7 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 1.3 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.9 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.9 mi
- Hart Peace Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- In Memory of Ed Trinka: 0.8 mi
- Giant Radio Flyer Wagon: 1.0 mi
- Moai: 1.0 mi
- Wonder: 1.3 mi
- Turtle: 1.3 mi
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum: 1.2 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 1.2 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 1.5 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 1.5 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 2.3 mi
- Evans Field: 2.0 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 2.0 mi
- Sunset Bridge Meadow: 2.3 mi
- Thatcher Woods Trailside Meuseum of Natural History: 2.3 mi
- Thatcher Woods: 2.3 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 4.2 mi
- Waller Apartments: 4.8 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 5.2 mi
- Gallager: 5.5 mi
- California Sea Lion: 5.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.3 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 8.4 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 8.5 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 8.8 mi
- Thorndale Avenue Beach: 8.8 mi
- Players Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 4.1 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 5.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 18.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 24.2 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Tedens: 17.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wonder Works Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 231° | 259 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 255° | 255 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 28° | 204 m | 9.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 156° | 187 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 2 mi
- Berwyn · 5 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 5 mi
- Cicero · 5 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 6 mi
- Brookfield · 7 mi
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