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Chicago History Museum
The Chicago History Museum offers a permanent exhibition Sensing Chicago where children can explore the city's history through their five senses. Kids...
Events (3) McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
The McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum celebrates Chicago's river and world-famous movable bridges by shining light on their significance...
Events (1) Frederick C. Robie House
The Wright 3 mystery tour of the Robie House is led by Junior Interpreters, specially trained 5th-10th graders. The tour allows kids and their families...
Holland Museum
31 West 10th Street, Holland, Mich.An AAM-accredited history and art museum with permanent exhibits on the settlement and culture of Holland, Michigan, and galleries that house the museum's...
Polish Museum of America
Ask for the Polish folk costumes or winged hussar helmet and take a picture of the kids playing dress up. The Paderewski Room was recently...
Irish American Heritage Center
4626 N. Knox Ave., ChicagoThe Irish American Heritage Center, which occupies an 86,000-square-foot building on the City's Northwest Side, fosters the practice, study, and celebration...
Noble-Seymour-Crippen House
5624 N. Newark Ave., ChicagoVisit Chicago's oldest home with your family this summer in the historic Norwood Park neighborhood. Enjoy the lovely grounds as you walk through history....
Ridge Historical Society Museum
10621 S. Seeley Ave., ChicagoThis "mansion on a hill" houses artifacts and costumes associated with the Beverly Hills, Washington Heights and Morgan Park area. The first...
