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Chicago Children's Museum is three stories high and filled with engaging, educational exhibits, including a dinosaur dig and a water play area (bring...
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Three floors keep overcrowding at a minimum at this museum. The Build It carpentry exhibit lets kids experiment with real (not plastic) tools. Blow...
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Coupons (1)Wonder Works
Kids 6 months to 8 can create in a learning environment, experience the sights and sounds of the Great Outdoors, dress up and perform onstage,...
Comments (1) Events (5) Kohl Children's Museum
Seventeen hands-on interactive exhibits for children ages birth to 8, including Car Care, Pet Vet, Water Works and Music Makers. Visit the Science...
Comments (1) Events (2) Coupons (1)Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
This is a lovely way to introduce children to nature. The highlight for most children is the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven where butterflies from...
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MSI offers thousands of fun, interactive exhibits and one-of-a-kind, world-class experiences to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. See your...
Events (1) Blackberry Harvest Dollhouse Museum and Shoppe
18120 Dixie Highway, HomewoodThis museum grew out of owner Collette Renfro's dollhouse collection. Watch her make new miniatures or peer into log cabins, barns, apartments, pueblos...
Comments (1) Bronzeville Children's Museum
This beautiful new museum makes African-American history interesting and accessible. Using a unique guided tour format emphasizing the educational...
Children's Museum in Oak Lawn
The 9,000-square-feet of exhibit space on two floors includes a water area with beach comber, a treehouse where kids can get a bird's eye view of the...
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