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DuPage County Historical Museum
The museum offers guided tours, summer camps and birthday parties. Programs are offered each month for all ages. The HO gauge model train display runs...
Events (7) The Grove
Step into the past at this outdoor history and nature museum. Peek into a tank full of turtles, touch a fossil, learn about pioneer and Native American...
Events (6) Naper Settlement
This outdoor living history museum is a place where the stories and people of our past come alive through award-winning family-friendly exhibits, special...
Events (5) Fox River Trolley Museum
Take a ride into the past on the Fox River Line's historic trolley cars, some of which are more than a century old. Pack a picnic lunch. Benches are...
Events (5) Field Museum
Exhibits related to science, environment and culture can be explored. From ancient mummies to endangered plants to a complete T. rex, the museum boasts...
Events (4) Museum of Science and Industry
See your heart beat 13-feet tall, climb aboard a World War II German submarine, take a tour of your digestive system, plunge into a working coal mine...
Events (4) Midwest Museum of Natural History
The MMNH has a zoology collection from Africa and North America, an urban wildlife observation center, Rotary Nature Theater, and the Discovery Den-a...
Events (4) Oriental Institute Museum
1155 E. 58th St., ChicagoThe Oriental Institute focuses on the Ancient Near East, including Egypt, Persia and the Fertile Crescent. Families can discover mummies from ancient...
Events (4) Wonder Works
Kids birth to 8 can enjoy art, cultural and early learning programming. With five permanent exhibits, as well as special programming and classes, Wonder...
Events (3) 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...
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