Exploration Station
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Bourbonnais, Ill. 60914
(815) 933-9905 Ext 2
Cost: $6
Hours: September–March: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday (excluding some holidays). April–August: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
Explore in 10,000 square feet of hands on learning.
Change the tires on a car in the Wreck Resort Auto Center, serve
sundaes in the Soda Shop, invent a robot in the Invention
Center, get everything on your grocery list in the Shop-a-Lot
Market, and set the table in My House. You can also get lost
in imagination and another time in the two-story Castle. Youngest
visitors can play and climb in the new Little Squire Toddler area
for height 36" and under. Visit the live animal room ($1 admission
is used to care for animals) and dig for dinosaurs in Dino Tracks.
Explore and More activities take place daily. Plus, stroll
the rest of Perry Farm Park's 4 miles of paved, scenic walking
trails winding through prairie, meadows, woods and along the
Kankakee River. The park also features an accessible playground and
pavilion with public restrooms. Each year the museum closes for 2-4
weeks at the end of August and the beginning of September, so call
before you visit.
